Undergraduate Programs in Professional Studies in Education

Undergraduate Programs

Top-notch education program for pre-service and in-service educators and administrators. Graduates have found employment with school districts throughout the United States.

Early Childhood Education, BSEd

Literacy Center

The Bill and Judy Scheeren Literacy Center provides assessment and instruction for children and adolescents who need assistance with reading and writing. Our services are open to the public.

News

Machado and Musiime Present on Women Faculty Well‑Being Across Teaching Modalities

Crystal Machado and Emmanuella Musiime presented their peer-reviewed paper “Balancing Demands and Supports: Understanding Women Faculty Well‑Being Across Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Hybrid Modalities” at the 2026 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference in Philadelphia.

Machado, Fu, Kartal, and Wang Present Exploratory Study on Preservice Teachers’ Responsible AI Use

Crystal Machado collaborated with Yao Fu, Jiaxi Wang, and Ozgul Kartal from the University of Wisconsin to present their peer-reviewed paper, “Preservice Teachers’ AI Use and Responsible AI Self‑Efficacy: An Exploratory Study,” at the 2026 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference.

Machado and Harris Deliver Paper Presentation on Ethical, Low‑Cost Writing Technologies

Faculty member Crystal Machado and doctoral student Cheryl Harris, Professional Studies in Education, presented their peer-reviewed paper, “Empowering Writers: Ethical and Low-Cost Technologies for Academic Writing,” at the 2026 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference in Philadelphia.

Frye, Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum and Instruction DEd Program, Featured in Pittsburgh Public Source 

Denine Frye, a doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction DEd program, was featured in an article on the use of AI in the secondary ELA classroom.

Hassan, Schleicher, McNulty Receive Awards from KDP, International Honor Society in Education

The Beta Gamma Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, held an initiation ceremony on April 24, 2025. During this ceremony, 19 education majors were initiated, and KDP members recognized faculty with awards.