SDSU College of Education

“Universities and colleges can play a vital role in empowering everyone to be who we are and live authentically. This is the value that we shall never give up at SDSU and never take for granted.”

After celebrating San Diego Pride over the weekend, we’re proud to share Dean Y. Barry Chung’s speech from Wednesday’s 19th Annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony at !

“Access alone is not enough. Access is not the same as belonging, and compliance is not the same thing as equity.”

Earlier this month, Associate Professor Toni Saia from Administration, Rehabilitation, Postsecondary Education was invited to Miramar College to raise the Disability Pride Flag in honor of . Toni’s powerful remarks are well worth your time.

As we celebrate Disability Pride Month in July, we are also called to take action to support the disability community. Here are a few things all current and future educators and helping professionals should keep in mind.

As we celebrate Pride Month, we are also called to take action to support LGBTQIA+ young people. Here are a few data points and recommendations that all current and future educators and wellness professionals should keep in mind.

🎙️ In the eighth and final episode of Season 3 of the COE Connections Podcast, Vannessa Falcón Orta, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at SDSU Imperial Valley, discusses her work dedicated to advancing the social justice of transborder students.

Listen at the link in our bio and follow COE Connections on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts!

In our latest installment of , meet Marilyn Lopez-Eguia, a student in our Marriage and Family Therapy master’s program and Spanglish Decolonial Healing advanced certificate!

A 2011 child development graduate, Marilyn returned to to explore therapy, language and identity.

Learn more about the Spanglish Decolonial Healing certificate by following

In celebration of National Teacher Day 2026, we’re spotlighting the amazing connection between our student teachers and our local mentor teachers — many of whom are alumni themselves!

Meet multiple-subject credential candidate Olivia Santiago and alumna mentor teacher Sandra Pembleton (‘04 liberal studies, ‘05 credential) at Corky McMillin Elementary School in Chula Vista. We are so grateful to all the mentor teachers who partner with us to prepare the next generation of educators!

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Video by Emely Luna.

In Episode 20 of the Podcast, Sera J. Hernández, associate professor and chair of , discusses her work in the fields of language policy and multilingual education.

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In our latest installment of , Meet Britta Norquist, a junior in our child development major!

As part of a lab course where students complete teaching responsibilities at the SDSU Children’s Center, Britta created a documentation project to support student learning centered around the concept of “wonder.”

Video by Emely Luna.

Graduate students Elizabeth Gately (M.S. in Child Development) and Elizabeth Nguyen (Joint Doctoral Program in Education) were among 18 College of Education presenters at the SDSU Student Symposium, or S3, in late February. Learn more about their projects and their experiences presenting their research at the annual showcase of SDSU student discovery!

Video by Joshua Arguelles.