• A diverse group of people in business attire standing in an art gallery setting with framed artwork in the background.
    Fourteen students from Albany Cohort No. 17 participated in the research colloquium at Opalka Gallery on November 13.
  • A large group of people posing indoors against a wall with text
    Sixteen students from New York City Cohort No. 11 participated in a research colloquium in NYC on November 20.
  • A group of professionally dressed individuals posing indoors in front of a motivational text on a wall
    Thirteen students from Long Island Cohort No. 1 participated in a research colloquium in NYC on November 21.

Each November, candidates in Russell Sage College’s Doctor of Education program who are in completing cohorts share their dissertation research at the annual doctoral research colloquium. This year, three cohorts marked this milestone with presentations and celebrations in Albany and New York City.

The candidates studied a wide range of current and relevant topics on system leadership, including ethical leadership, educator stress and psychological safety, educator recruitment and retention, professional development, AI and social media impacts in schools, and change efforts in education, said Francesca Durand, Ph.D., chair of Educational Leadership programs at Russell Sage. “Many focused on culturally responsive and equitable leadership to improve outcomes for traditionally underserved students by exploring grading policies, special education, school attendance, English language learners, STEM programs, rural and urban education, and students who experienced parental incarceration or were in the foster care system.”

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