In Educational Studies, we take a broad view of education. We engage with education across schools and universities, families and communities, businesses, governments, non-governmental agencies and the media. We know that education is never neutral so we engage with critical views of education, attending to how culture, knowledge, and power shape education and opportunities to learn. We view our world’s racial, ethnic, social, and linguistic diversity as strengths upon which we can build just systems of education. While rapidly changing technologies for accessing, sharing, contributing, and synthesizing information can become potential tools for increasing inequities, they also, when used wisely, can advance justice.

In Educational Studies, we prepare educators for a wide range of roles as formal and informal educators, community educators, leaders and activists, and researchers and policy makers among others. We do this by offering programs of study that blend research, theory, policy, and practice through engaging coursework, related field experiences, and mentored internships. At the doctoral level, all students participate as graduate student research assistants in significant programs of research.

We seek to foster a caring and respectful community of engaged scholars and learners. Our community is enriched by the diverse interests, backgrounds, and experiences of our students. We welcome your interest in our program and encourage you to explore the many possible avenues by which you can advance your capacity to contribute as an educator. We invite you to join us in our efforts to critically reimagine and recreate the educational landscape and to contribute to a more democratic and just society.