Peabody Reflector

Randall Harley, a retired professor of special education at Peabody College who was noted for his scholarship on visual impairment education, has died. Read More

Vanderbilt neuroscientist James R. Booth is releasing two large scale neuroimaging datasets on reading and language development to support other researchers studying how academic skills develop in childhood. Read More

Seven professors from Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development are on the 2020 list, as well as one from the College of Arts and Science. Read More

Five Vanderbilt alumni have been selected for the 2020 Forbes “30 Under 30.” The list highlights “600 revolutionaries in 20 industries changing the course—and the face—of business and society.” Read More

The goal of the study is to create a multi-year data set that allows teachers, youth workers, researchers and policymakers to promote safety and well-being for Nashville’s young people. Read More

Researchers find that social networks play an increasing role in the fragmented teacher labor market. Read More

A new Vanderbilt report finds that children are highly influenced by what they overhear adults say about others. Read More

Message from Dean Camilla Benbow to readers of the Fall 2019 Peabody Reflector Read More

Couple endows directorship of Peabody's Center for Science Outreach at Peabody Read More

Visionary artist Mel Chin, BA’75, was named Sept. 25 among the class of 26 MacArthur Fellows for 2019. Read More

Illustration by Dan Page   “I want to help you.” In a moving but chilling scene, that line is uttered by HAL 9000, the all-knowing computer system depicted in the classic 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, as it pleads with Dr. Dave Bowman not to disconnect the rogue machine… Read More

Bethany Rittle-Johnson’s 20 years of investigating how to improve learning outcomes for students, particularly in mathematics, has launched a new generation of scholars pursuing similar lines of inquiry. Read More

It was with a scholarship from the Africa–America Institute that Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta enrolled at Vanderbilt to study educational leadership. Honored with the institute’s Distinguished Alumna Award, she now invests those skills in her native Africa. Read More

As director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, retired Navy Capt. Barbara Bell, EdD’18, wants to give girls the confidence and knowledge to excel in technical careers long dominated by men. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt Peabody College received multiple grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Neighborhood project achieved a major milestone on Oct. 10 with the placement of the final steel structural beam in the new connector between the Home Economics and Mayborn buildings. The event included remarks from Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente and Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development Camilla P. Benbow.  Read More

Children from higher income families are far more likely to be in gifted programs than less wealthy classmates according to a new Vanderbilt study. Read More

Rich Milner is among an alliance of researchers who have been awarded a five-year, $5.2M NSF grant. Read More

The project is supported by a three-year grant of $593,957 by the National Science Foundation. Read More

Peabody College assistant professor Elizabeth Biggs’ introduction to the academic field that would become her passion started with a misunderstanding. Read More