Two professors receive Faculty Mentorship Award for Inclusive Excellence
Professor Susanne Jaeggi and Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio received the School of Education’s Faculty Mentorship Award for Inclusive Excellence. The award recognizes faculty who have demonstrated excellence in promoting the school’s mission of creating an inclusive climate through student mentorship.
“Both Dr. Jaeggi and Dr. Villavicencio have made exemplary contributions in supporting the success of underrepresented minorities in the School of Education’s academic programs and research mission,” said Elizabeth Peña, professor and associate dean of faculty development and diversity. “We honor them both for their hard work and dedication to supporting our students.”
Jaeggi focuses her research on executive functions and their malleability across the lifespan. She is the director of the Working Memory & Plasticity Lab, and has served as the School of Education’s DECADE faculty mentor for the past several years. She mentors several graduate students and post-docs, and her lab provides mentored research opportunities for dozens of undergraduate students each quarter, preparing them for their next step in their educational journey. Jaeggi actively supports them in disseminating their independent projects at local and national conferences, applying for scholarships, and ultimately, graduate programs.
“I am very honored to receive this award. I am so impressed by our diverse undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate students,” Jaeggi said. “Being able to mentor them and accompanying them on their journey means a lot to me and is the most rewarding and fun part about being a faculty member!”
Villavicencio focuses her research on K-12 educational policy and school practice that deepens or disrupts inequities for historically underserved communities of students and families. In May, she presented research from her new book, Am I My Brother’s Keeper?, which chronicles a four-year study focused on improving the educational outcomes of 15,000 Black and Latinx males in New York City public high schools. She currently mentors six Ph.D. students and an undergraduate DREAM Fellow. She teaches qualitative methods, Interrogating Race and Education, and Immigration and the New Second Generation.
"I'm honored to receive an award for mentorship - one of the most rewarding parts about being faculty at UCI given the talent and passion of our students,” Villavicencio said. “As a first-generation student, I know how critical it is to create an environment where students experience belonging, thrive as scholars, and grow inspired to mentor future generations."
“Both Dr. Jaeggi and Dr. Villavicencio have made exemplary contributions in supporting the success of underrepresented minorities in the School of Education’s academic programs and research mission,” said Elizabeth Peña, professor and associate dean of faculty development and diversity. “We honor them both for their hard work and dedication to supporting our students.”
Jaeggi focuses her research on executive functions and their malleability across the lifespan. She is the director of the Working Memory & Plasticity Lab, and has served as the School of Education’s DECADE faculty mentor for the past several years. She mentors several graduate students and post-docs, and her lab provides mentored research opportunities for dozens of undergraduate students each quarter, preparing them for their next step in their educational journey. Jaeggi actively supports them in disseminating their independent projects at local and national conferences, applying for scholarships, and ultimately, graduate programs.
“I am very honored to receive this award. I am so impressed by our diverse undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate students,” Jaeggi said. “Being able to mentor them and accompanying them on their journey means a lot to me and is the most rewarding and fun part about being a faculty member!”
Villavicencio focuses her research on K-12 educational policy and school practice that deepens or disrupts inequities for historically underserved communities of students and families. In May, she presented research from her new book, Am I My Brother’s Keeper?, which chronicles a four-year study focused on improving the educational outcomes of 15,000 Black and Latinx males in New York City public high schools. She currently mentors six Ph.D. students and an undergraduate DREAM Fellow. She teaches qualitative methods, Interrogating Race and Education, and Immigration and the New Second Generation.
"I'm honored to receive an award for mentorship - one of the most rewarding parts about being faculty at UCI given the talent and passion of our students,” Villavicencio said. “As a first-generation student, I know how critical it is to create an environment where students experience belonging, thrive as scholars, and grow inspired to mentor future generations."
Professor Susanne Jaeggi
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Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio
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One of the nation’s premier education schools, the UCI School of Education is focused on advancing educational sciences and contributing to improved educational opportunities and outcomes for individuals across the entire lifespan. A diverse, dynamic and collaborative institution, the School of Education’s research, community partnerships and programming are dedicated to producing innovative scholarship, addressing the needs of local schools, and inspiring future generations of educators. Established in 2012, the School of Education ranks No. 15 in the U.S. News & World Report’s list of top graduate schools of education, No. 7 among public schools. Located in the heart of diverse and burgeoning Orange County – the nation’s sixth most populous county – the School of Education is uniquely positioned to serve as a model for a 21st Century school of education.
