Lurie College Alumni Teaching Elementary School

You Belong at Lurie College!

At the SJSU Lurie College of Education, we prepare transformative educators, counselors, therapists, school and community leaders. We do this through an emancipatory approach across our teaching, scholarship, and service.

View our degrees and programs

Lurie College Racial Justice Priorities

Our racial justice commitments hone and strengthen the priorities outlined in our college’s strategic plan. They complement and extend the existing strategic initiatives in the college and recognize that if we are truly to live our mission, we must center anti-racist policies and practices in our teaching, research, and service and end the systemic racism that has historically prevented full inclusion and equity for our BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students, staff, and faculty.

Recent News

Sweeney Hall

2021 Lurie College Repopulation

Visit this page for updates about updates regarding the repopulation for the SJSU Lurie College of Education and Sweeney Hall.
Faculty Research Symposium 2

Faculty Research Symposium

Watch the recording of our faculty Allison Briceño and Roxana Marachi presenting their research related to diversity, social justice and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
Celebration of Teaching

Annual Celebration of Teaching Recognition

To kickoff Teacher Appreciation Week, we're excited to recognize 41 high school, community college, and SJSU students who were nominated to receive our annual Celebration of Teaching award.

Upcoming Events

K-12 Teaching Academy

K-12 Teaching Academy

We hope you'll join us from Monday, June 28 - Friday, July 9 for our next series of free K-12 Teaching Academy webinars. Our upcoming series will focus on returning to a “new normal” in classrooms in Fall 2021.
Irene Castillon

Attend Our Upcoming Program Info Sessions

The time to become a transformative educator is now.  Attend an upcoming info session for our programs in Counselor Education, Special Education, or Teacher Education to learn about the admission requirements, application process, program options, and testing information.
Lurie College Student Organizations

Lurie College Student Google Calendar

Find all of the information you need about upcoming workshops, program info sessions, student organization meetings, and miscellaneous opportunities.

Meet Our Faculty

Nadia Sorkhabi

Nadia Sorkhabi, PhD

Nadia Sorkhabi is a Professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Development.  She studies cultural variations in the effects of parent-child conflict; mothers’ and fathers’ parenting styles and practices; and marital conflict on mental health, academic achievement, social competence, communicative competence, and disclosure to parents of children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

Listen to Nadia's personality playlist

Luis Poza

Luis Poza, PhD

Luis Poza is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education.  His research investigates how beliefs about language, language learning, race, and nation are embedded in educational practice and policy.  He uses qualitative methods, principally ethnography and participant observation, to examine how these ideologies and their curricular and legal manifestations shape students’ experiences in schools.

Listen to Luis' personality playlist

Wendy Quach

Wendy Quach, PhD

Wendy Quach is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences.  Her teaching and research focus on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for people with complex communication needs and motor speech disorders.  She has a passion for instilling research in her students and has mentored several students on various projects related to AAC.

Listen to Wendy's personality playlist