Dr. Gaither and Dr. Wilbourn among faculty awarded ABC grants for new educational research teams

Among four new interdisciplinary faculty-led teams, Dr. Sarah Gaither, Dr. Makeba Wilbourn and others have been awarded seed grants of up to $40,000 by All Babies and Children Thrive (ABC Thrive). Their team, Race, Gesture, Learning and Teaching Effectiveness, will identify which gesture types are the most common and most effective for enhancing Black and white children’s learning outcomes. These findings will be used to develop a series of instructional videos for teachers on the effective use of gesturing in the classroom. Learn more here.