Research

In any classroom, the ultimate goal is to transmit new knowledge or skills to students. But with technology, circumstances, and society changing rapidly, so proven methodologies must change with them. Dr. Rhia Moreno, who joins the College of Education as an Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Advanced Studies and Innovation, has spent her career studying best practices from …

Medical advances in the future may allow for physicians to prescribe medications and therapies that are tuned to a patient’s gender, age and even race. “Rather than prescribing a drug or intervention based on the results achieved from a big group of people, we’re moving towards more individualized medicine,” said …

College of Education students Jenna Ansley and Eric Boone presented their research with mentor Dr. Maleah Holland in the Department of Kinesiology at the Center for Research and Scholarship (CURS) on Student Research Seminar on Friday, Nov. 9, in the JSAC Coffeehouse. Congratulations to Jenna, Eric, and Dr. Holland for their hard work and excellent presentation. …

AUGUSTA, GA. – New faculty members often feel overwhelmed by change when they start their careers. There are colleagues to meet, research agendas to set, classes to manage, students to mentor, committees to chair and more. That first year can wreak havoc on their lives. “No matter what support system …

AUGUSTA, GA – The Augusta University College of Education will host Kinesiology Research Day from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20, in Christenberry Fieldhouse. The day will highlight research from undergraduate and graduate kinesiology students. Dr. Claudio Battaglini, professor of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at …

AUGUSTA, GA – Additional benefits to the trending ketogenic diet may soon be clearer, thanks to research being conducted by Dr. Maleah Holland, professor of kinesiology in the Augusta University College of Education, and Grant Blume, junior kinesiology student. Blume has been awarded the Southern Regional Honors Council Student Scholars …

Augusta, GA.—Several faculty members from the Augusta University College of Education have been accepted as presenters for the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) annual conference. The conference is a premier national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education and to promote …

AUGUSTA, GA – Dr. Patricia Alvarez McHatton, dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, visited Augusta University teacher education students and AU College of Education faculty on March 15 to talk about how to address inequality in the k12 classroom. Alvarez McHatton’s lecture, titled …

AUGUSTA, GA. – Augusta University College of Education’s own Katy Towns received Honorable Mention in the American Counseling Association’s Ross Trust Future School Counselors Essay Competition. Towns was one of 17 entrants out of 600 nationwide to receive an honor in the contest, and is the first AU student to …

AUGUSTA, GA. – Dr.  Steven Page, chair of Kinesiology, recently launched the department’s new dry lab in Christenberry Fieldhouse, kicking off the life of the new space with a tour for Provost Gretchen Caughman, an overview of faculty areas of research and an array of healthy snacks. The new teaching …