Lynch School of Education and Human Development

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#23

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

#1

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

$10.8M

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.

Initiatives With Impact

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. Mart铆nez Alem谩n, Associate Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs
“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鈥攊ntellectually, spiritually, socially, emotionally, and ethically. ”
Stanton E. F. Wortham, Charles F. Donovan, S.J., Dean, Lynch School of Education and Human Development

Events

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Betty Lai was honored with the Dorothy Booz Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology.

Trauma of Vermont floods

Flood disasters can have significant emotional and psychological consequences on survivors.聽Lynch School Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology聽Betty Lai聽weighs in with the Boston Globe.聽
Rory Jasper

From Eight Grade Teacher to Educational Leader

Rory Jasper '24 found community, purpose, and a personal mission to share his knowledge with the next generation as a student in the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership program.
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Professor Honored with American Psychological Association Award

The American Psychological Association's Division 49 honored Assistant Professor Brian TaeHyuk Keum with the 2024 Award for Outstanding Professional Contribution to Diversity in Group Psychology or Psychotherapy. The award honors psychologists who have made significant contributions to group psychology practice, research, service and mentoring with themes surrounding cultural diversity, social justice and equity.
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Amaris Ramos '26 attends Stanford Law Scholars Institute

Alexa Piedra '25聽of the Morrissey College and聽Amaris Ramos '26聽of the Lynch School were among only 20 college students nationwide chosen to participate in the selective Stanford Law Scholars Institute, held earlier this summer.聽
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Project aims to interest rural Navajo youth in STEM

Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, researchers from 精东影业's聽Engineering Department聽and聽Lynch School, in collaboration with Utah State University, will design and test a mobile resource station and associated computing curriculum for use in rural and indigenous pre-K and kindergarten classrooms
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Dr. Treniece Lewis Harris named Top 50 Women Leaders for Massachusetts 2024

Women We Admire announced the 2024 Women Leaders of Massachusetts and Lynch School's Associate Professor of the Practice, Treniece Lewis Harris earned a spot placing in the top 50. Dr. Harris has been recognized for her contributions to the mental health field; with a strong focus on providing therapeutic services that value the whole person. She continues learning and teaching others how to empower people and organizations across the world.聽

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