Lynch School of Education and Human Development

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Quick Facts

#23

ranked graduate school of education
U.S. News & World Report

ranked Catholic school of education
U.S. News & World Report

$11.4M

financial aid awarded each year

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Featured Research

Our faculty researchers are pursuing answers to society's most pressing challenges, from racial inequality in the classroom to youth mental health. Learn about their projects.

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MESA Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics & Assessment

CDEP Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology

ELHE Educational Leadership & Higher Education

TCS Teaching, Curriculum, and Society

DFE Department of Formative Education

Initiatives With Impact

Catholic Education Research Initiative

Urban Outreach Initiatives

Formative Education Initiative

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice

“The architecture of diversity and difference enables us as faculty to advance a broader, richer, and deeper understanding of how professionals in education and applied psychology can create a more just and compassionate world.”

Ana M. Martínez Alemán, Associate Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs

DEIJ at LSEHD

“The Lynch School has a wonderful and distinctive mission: to enhance the human condition, expand the human imagination, and make the world more just. Through our research, teaching, and service, we strive to understand and create opportunities for others to develop as whole people across multiple interrelated dimensions—intellectually, spiritually, socially, emotionally, and ethically. ”

Stanton E. F. Wortham, Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean, Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Events

News

Advisor to U.S. Dept. of Education

The post is within DOE's Office of the Chief Economist.

Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Technology

At the recent Builders Artificial Intelligence Forum (BAIF) in Vatican City, Nelson Professor Brian K. Smith and Fr. Philip Larrey led a discussion on the crucial role of fostering expertise within the Catholic Church to navigate the integration of AI technologies.

Lynch School Professor's new book equips principals for today’s challenges in education law

In "The Principal’s Legal Handbook," Associate Professor Raquel Muñiz offers school leaders key legal insights and strategies for fostering educational equity in today’s schools.

Reimagining Mental Health Care for Autistic Individuals

On World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), Assistant Professor Shalini Sivathasan presented a lecture on reimagining mental health care for individuals with autism as part of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy Lecture Series at the University of Connecticut. Watch the recording on YouTube.

Discovering Her Voice

Jordyn Zimmerman, M.Ed. '21 (Extensive Support Needs), may be nonspeaking, but that hasn’t stopped her from becoming a powerhouse advocate for disability rights. Her advocacy has led her to be featured on CBS Mornings, as the subject of a 2021 documentary (This Is Not About Me), and landed her an appointment to President Biden's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 2022.