Celia Reddick, Ph.D., a member of the Learning Systems Institute and an Assistant Professor of Education and International Development FSU ELPS, has been awarded a 2026-28 Jacobs CIFAR Research Fellowship. The globally competitive program supports early- and mid-career researchers whose work advances understanding of how children and youth learn and develop across contexts and systems.
LSI is leading the "Strengthening school experiences for refugee young people, families and their teachers in Tallahassee" project. Now in its 10th month, the LSI team has conducted more than 80 interviews with refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Syria, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Afghanistan.
This past January, Learning Systems Institute (LSI) Director Rabieh Razzouk awarded a new LSI SEED grant to Dr. Celia Reddick, Julie Twomey, M.Ed. and Dr. Brenda Wawire. The proposal facilitates the first systematic study of the educational experiences of refugee students, their families and teachers in Tallahassee. During the first six months of the project, 36 interviews were conducted with refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Syria.
