The research explores additional funding sources and options for financing public universities in Afghanistan which are faced with exploding demand and limited government resources.
This year the graduates were honored in a joint ceremony with all the other UMass graduate students. The still present COVID-19 pandemic led to a hybrid ceremony with the graduate students gathered on the field of the football stadium – all seated in a socially-distant array facing the commencement stage.
For the second year in a row, the CIES annual conference was held virtually via Zoom. With the lessons learned from 2020, the conference organizers were able to provide a very smooth and effective platform for participants from anywhere in the world.
The research uses in-depth narratives and stories of border crossers and those involved in the humanitarian response. The study also used photography and image elicitation methods as another way to interact with participants. In doing so, it allowed research participants to choose how their stories were represented, told, and analyzed.
As CIE graduates retire or approach the end of their professional careers, they face the question of what to do with all that they have done, learned, and written. They ask themselves if others might benefit in some way from their work, but face the challenge of how to share their experience. Patricia Maguire has provided us with an inspiring example of one answer to that question.
Lina Heaster-Ekholm received a Graduate School Dissertation Grant for 2020-2021 to support her dissertation research that focuses on designing culturally responsive pedagogy for online learning of international students.
The research explores additional funding sources and options for financing public universities in Afghanistan which are faced with exploding demand and limited government resources.
In July of 2021 
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Pempho Chinkondenji has been awarded the Joyce A. Berkman Award for Outstanding Graduate Feminist Scholarship.
This year the graduates were honored in a joint ceremony with all the other UMass graduate students. The still present COVID-19 pandemic led to a hybrid ceremony with the graduate students gathered on the field of the football stadium – all seated in a socially-distant array facing the commencement stage.
For the second year in a row, the CIES annual conference was held virtually via Zoom. With the lessons learned from 2020, the conference organizers were able to provide a very smooth and effective platform for participants from anywhere in the world.
As CIE graduates retire or approach the end of their professional careers, they face the question of what to do with all that they have done, learned, and written. They ask themselves if others might benefit in some way from their work, but face the challenge of how to share their experience. 
Lina Heaster-Ekholm received a Graduate School Dissertation Grant for 2020-2021 to support her dissertation research that focuses on designing culturally responsive pedagogy for online learning of international students.