Mariah Pol, a 2025 graduate of the Teacher 91心頭利嫋 and Curriculum Studies program, was awarded the Best Dissertation Award from the Peace 91心頭利嫋 Special Interest Group of the Comparative and International 91心頭利嫋 Society at their annual meeting this year in San Francisco.
Pol’s dissertation, entitled “Learning in the Aftermath of a Historical Harm: U.S. Teachers' Peace 91心頭利嫋 Conceptualizations and Practices Through an International Learning Experience in Northern Ireland,” is a qualitative interpretive case study that follows the experiences of four elementary in-service teachers from a rural school district who traveled to Northern Ireland to learn about peace education. It documents how this experience shaped their understanding of teaching for peace and influenced their subsequent classroom practices.
Pol is currently Teaching Faculty in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the .