Initiative News
Boaz Dvir, an associate professor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and director of the Hammel Family Human Right Initiative, was one of the lead collaborators on the research that appeared in three separate, peer-reviewed journals. Credit: Curt Chandler / Penn State. Creative Commons
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three peer-reviewed journals have recently published research papers by Penn State’s Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. The papers illustrate how the initiative’s programs help K-12 educators address difficult issues such as racism.
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Along with in-person trainings, like this session with teachers from Interboro School District, the Penn State Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative offers online modules — the most recent of which focuses on helping K-12 educators address difficult topics like gender and race. Credit: John Pendygraft / Penn State. Creative Commons
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In recent years, the K-12 instruction of difficult topics such as racism and gender has posed mounting challenges for educators around the country. To support them, Penn State’s Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative has produced a free, asynchronous, self-paced online module.
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Boaz Dvir, founding director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Initiative at Penn State, responds to a question at one of the Initiative's events. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State will present evidence of its strong National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program impact at the March annual conference of the National Association for School-University Partnerships (NASUP).
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Director Boaz Dvir welcomes teachers from across the country to the NEH Teacher Residency in State College, Pa. Credit: John Pendygraft
Few emails spawn a lifelong memory. In 2022, one such correspondence popped up in the Initiative’s inbox. It came from a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) official. He requested to meet with us via Zoom to discuss the federal agency’s decision regarding our teacher-training grant application.
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Erin Morgart, Initiative program co-facilitator, enjoys getting out to explore her community. Credit: Provided
When Initiative professional learning facilitator Erin Morgart joined her colleagues at a donor meeting, she stood out for a number of reasons.
Read MoreAfter teaching about the Holocaust for more than 20 years, Scott Auspelmyer is employing a new and ambitious educational model to engage youths on the subject.
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Edward Kloss (left) and Christopher "Reed" Stubbe (right) participated in the first year of the Initiative's program in Interboro School District. Credit: Provided
PHILADELPHIA — “The City of Brotherly Love” is the first metropolitan area to welcome the Initiative, helping K-12 educators effectively teach difficult topics such as racism and human rights violations.
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Hollie Kulago, associate professor in Penn State's College of Education, will lead a collaboration between the Navajo Nation’s Department of Diné Education and the University’s Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative to study Indigenous character education. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Associate Professor of Education Hollie Kulago has received a grant to lead a collaboration between the Navajo Nation’s Department of Diné Education (DODE) and the University’s Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative to study Indigenous character education. The concept, known as K’é among the Navajo — or Diné — community, refers to kinship and gaining the insight and skills to become a responsible member of the community.
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Alumni Raymond and Stephen Rosen established the Sam and Olga Rosen Fund in honor of their parents and to support the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State. Credit: Rosen Family. All Rights Reserved.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two brothers experienced enough to know change does not happen overnight have made a gift hoping to spark a long-term impact by supporting the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative at Penn State, part of the Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative.
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Dr. Ryan Lewis co-facilitates the Initiative's program in the Interboro School District outside Philadelphia. Credit: Provided
How can an art teacher make a ceramics class more accessible for students with special needs? As a high school life skills teacher, Dr. Ryan Lewis’ helps find accommodations and adaptations for students with special needs.
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