Alberto appointed COE's interim dean
 

Paul A. Alberto, College of Education Regents' Professor in Intellectual Disabilities, was appointed the COE's interim dean, effective July 1.  

 

Alberto earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Hunter College in 1971, a master's degree in mental retardation from Fordham University in 1973 and a doctoral degree in severe disabilities from Georgia State University in 1976. After graduating from GSU, he joined the COE faculty as an assistant professor of special education and was promoted to associate professor and professor in 1981 and 1987, respectively.  

 

In addition to teaching special education courses, Alberto has served as director of GSU's Bureau for Students with Multiple and Severe Disabilities since 1986, coordinated the COE's Multiple and Severe Disabilities program since 1976 and chaired the GSU Senate's executive committee for eight years.  

 

To read more about Alberto and his new role in the COE, click here.  

  

  

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Georgia State awarded $10 million grant to research and advance adult literacy

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Georgia State University with a five-year, $10 million grant to establish a new research center that will support research focusing on ways to improve adult literacy in the United States.

 

The grant from the Institute of Educational Sciences allows GSU to establish the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, where researchers will study the underlying cognitive and motivational issues of adults who struggle with reading.

 

The research center will also work on developing and piloting a reading intervention to improve literacy among this population.

 

"Compared to many areas in education, adult literacy has had comparatively little funding and little rigorous research," said Daphne Greenberg, associate professor of educational psychology and special education, and principal investigator of the project. "There is a need to understand the reading related strengths and weaknesses of adults who have difficulty with reading, and how to best help them increase their reading abilities." 

 

To read more about the grant, click here.