March 17, 2020
In addition, nine graduate specialty programs within the School are rated among the Top 10 nationally — including No. 1-ranked programs in curriculum and instruction (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), and printmaking (Art Department).
March 12, 2020
UW–Madison alumna Jamila Lee-Johnson received second place honors in the Dissertation of the Year Award competition from the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education. Lee-Johnson earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2019. Her dissertation is titled, “I am Becoming": Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Elected Student Leadership Positions”
March 9, 2020
The work of UW–Madison's Mollie McQuillan received honorable mention recognition in the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award competition being administered by the American Educational Research Association's (AERA) Division A. McQuillan is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The dissertation being recognized, which McQuillan completed en route to earning her Ph.D. from Northwestern University, is titled “Beyond Bathrooms: The Educational Policies, Practices, and Health of Gender-Expansive Students.”
March 2, 2020
UW-Madison’s Nick Hillman appeared on PBS Wisconsin’s “Noon Wednesday” webcast on Feb. 12 for a segment titled, “The Growing Student Debt Dilemma.”
February 28, 2020
Milwaukee’s public radio, WUWM 89.7-FM, recently profiled UW-Madison alumna Carolyn Stanford Taylor. Among many achievements in Stanford Taylor’s career, she is the first black woman to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction. Stanford Taylor earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978 and a master's from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979.
February 27, 2020
UW-Madison’s Brett Nachman, a doctoral candidate with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, served as the lead author on a case study article exploring campus climates for autistic LGBTQ college students. The article, which Nachman wrote with Dr. Ryan A. Miller (UNC-Charlotte) and Dr. Edlyn Vallejo Peña (California Lutheran University), was published in the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.
February 24, 2020
UW-Madison's Xueli Wang, a professor with our Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the author of a new book that is being called a "must-read primer for improving and diversifying STEM pathways." Wang's work is titled, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways.”
February 21, 2020
Brian Burt’s scholarship in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion is in part an extension of the important efforts King led as a pioneer and advocate in this domain, inspiring generations of people. "I am extremely humbled by this recognition,” says the assistant professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
February 13, 2020
On Friday, Jan. 31, the School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato.
February 7, 2020
Nora Smith earned her Ph.D. from the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2004. Smith has worked in a variety of administrative and instructional roles in academia; she’s also a dedicated foodie, and has gained a lot of experience over the years working in restaurants and bakeries. She now serves as assistant director for Residential Education at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman, Montana. Following is a Q&A with Smith.