April 8, 2021
UW–Madison’s Stephanie Budge has received the Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Counseling Psychology, from the Society of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association.
School News
Search underway for new chief diversity officer
April 7, 2021
A search-and-screen committee, chaired by the School of Education's Jerlando Jackson, has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for UW–Madison's next deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion, vice provost, and chief diversity officer.
Kinesiology faculty to share ‘What You Don’t Know About Exercise’ in panel discussion on Apr. 9
April 7, 2021
Faculty members from the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology will be participating in an online panel discussion, “What You Don’t Know About Exercise,” on Friday, Apr. 9, at noon. The event is part of the Wisconsin Idea Spotlight series hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
Corby’s ‘Hungars Beach’ receives award
April 7, 2021
UW–Madison's Kate Corby, a professor in the School of Education's Dance Department, was awarded an International Jury Special Mention award by Screen.Dance 2021.
UW–Madison’s Yu presents ‘Non-Ordinary’ in Taipei, Taiwan
April 6, 2021
UW–Madison's Jin-Wen Yu, a professor in the School of Education's Dance Department, will present "Non-Ordinary," a concert of contemporary, cross-cultural, cutting-edge dance, on April 10-11 in Taipei, Taiwan.
UW–Madison’s Wang earns Outstanding Publication Award from AERA’s Division J
April 5, 2021
UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang is receiving the 2021 Outstanding Publication Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Division J (Postsecondary Education) for her groundbreaking work, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways.”
Alum Dortch receives Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from AERA
April 5, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Deniece Dortch is receiving the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Multicultural/Multiethnic Education special interest group (SIG). She received her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2016.
Cooney Center publishes blog post co-authored by UW–Madison alumna Nixon
April 2, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Jessie Nixon co-authored a blog post published by Sesame Workshop's Joan Ganz Cooney Center that is titled, “Youth Voice for Teacher Empowerment.” Nixon earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
New research from WIDA published in Teaching and Teacher Education
April 1, 2021
New research from UW–Madison’s WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has appeared in a paper in Teaching and Teacher Education. The paper, titled “A close look at teacher learning: Why are teachers’ journeys so different?” was authored by Daniella Molle, an associate researcher at WIDA.
WIDA publishes new resource for educators of young, multilingual children
March 31, 2021
A new resource for educators of multilingual children is available from UW–Madison's WIDA, housed in the School of Education's Wisconsin Center for Education Research.