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Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE in Minneapolis – November 15-18, 2023

Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2023 Thursday, November 2, 10:00 to 11:15am, Virtual Conference Day, Dakota Virtual Room The Complexity of Transformation: Opportunities and Tensions Session Submission Type: Paper Session (Virtual) When Data Doesn’t Do It: Developmental Education Reform in a Community College District Authors: Soumya Mishra, University of Southern California, Elif Asli Yucel, University of Southern California and Cheryl D. Ching, University of Massachusetts […]

“Skateboarding & Suicide Prevention: Standing Against Stigmas & Amplifying Assets” Webinar to be held Sept 20th at USC and Virtually

September 13, 2023 morishernandez Events, Pullias News zoe corwin

On Sept 20th, the Embedding Wellness Collective will host Susie Crome from the Ben Raemers Foundation for a conversation entitled Skateboarding & Suicide Prevention: Standing Against Stigmas & Amplifying Assets. This talk is sponsored by the USC Collaboration Fund grant and will include skate industry experts from companies like Nike, Adidas, and Converse. Susie will highlight the transformational work the […]

Pullias Center Team Awards & Accolades

September 5, 2023September 6, 2023 morishernandez Pullias News pullias news zoe corwin

At our recent USC Rossier School of Education kickoff event for the new academic year, the Pullias Center team received prestigious and well-deserved awards. Congratulations to Research Professor Zoë Corwin, on being selected for this year’s “Excellence in Mentoring” Award. This award is presented to faculty for providing outstanding mentorship to the community of faculty colleagues, students, postdoctoral scholars, fellow […]

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education Hosts Special Video Screening, Dinner and Panel Discussion Highlighting Key Findings from the USC Skate Study

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 smacphee College access, Events, Pullias News pullias news events skateboarding zoe corwin

Annenberg School for Communications, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and USC Research and Innovation Co-host free USC dinner event on Friday, June 9 Researchers and scholars from four USC schools will come together to present key findings from “Mattering in the Margins” — a research study exploring connections among skateboarding, mental health and community — on Friday, June 9. […]

Pullias and PASS Team Hosts National Summit Focused on Postsecondary Success for At-Promise Students

May 10, 2023 smacphee College access, Pullias News pullias news PASS project zoe corwin

More than 60 thought-leaders, policy experts, foundation leaders, researchers and practitioners convened last week at the Pullias Center’s “National Summit on Transformative Efforts to Support the Postsecondary Success of At-promise Students.” The summit was organized and led by researchers from the Pullias Center’s Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project, and supported by a grant from the Susan T. Buffet Foundation. […]

Zoë B. Corwin Receives Community-Engaged Teaching and Research Award from USC’s JEP

April 26, 2023May 3, 2023 smacphee Equity & Leadership, Pullias News, Pullias Voices pullias news Pullias Voices zoe corwin

Congratulations to Pullias Center’s Dr. Zoë B. Corwin upon receiving the USC Joint Educational Project Award for Community Engaged Teaching and Research. This award was established in 2019 to recognize USC faculty who meaningfully integrate community engagement into their teaching and/or research. Dr. Corwin, a Research Professor, serves as the Principal Investigator for the Promoting At-promise Student Success (PASS) Project […]

Skateboarding and Wellness — Acts of Kindness, Stress Relief and Of Course, Fun

November 8, 2022November 9, 2022 rmichelman Pullias News pullias news skateboarding zoe corwin

By Zoë Corwin A colleague recently forwarded me a news article from Nebraska’s Flatwater Free Press – They built a skate park in Nebraska’s poorest county. Then they watched Junior do something priceless. The article shares a beautiful story about the opening of skate park on the Omaha Reservation after community members garnered resources to construct the park after recognizing both the […]

Zoë B. Corwin: Learning More than Tricks from Skateboarders

May 26, 2021May 27, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices skatebboarding Pullias Voices zoe corwin

A year ago, I invited colleagues from across USC to collaborate on an interdisciplinary participatory action research study to explore the intersection of skateboarding, mental wellness, and community. We called the study Mattering in the Margins because we wanted to highlight the complex and wonderful ways that skaters thrive despite regularly being stigmatized and pushed to the margins of educational and […]

Research Team Takes Innovative Approach to Reaching Skateboarding Community

January 21, 2021January 25, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News skateboarding zoe corwin

A team of Pullias Center researchers is taking a grassroots strategy to spread the findings of an important study on skateboarding culture with Beyond the Board: A Zine about Community Matters. Earlier this year, the Pullias Center for Higher Education at USC’s Rossier School of Education and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism partnered to conduct a first-of-its-kind study […]

Beyond the Board: A Zine about Community Matters

Zoey Corwin, Neftalie Williams, Brittany Min The Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) A special “Zine” that presents the findings of a first-of-its-kind study on skateboarding culture in a bold format. It includes an overview of the study and a synopsis of the team’s findings about how skaters view community, including selected quotes from the thousands of participants across the […]