March 22, 2024
The 2023-24 Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven from the School of Education.
School News
Alum and future faculty member Stovall wins AERA Dissertation Award
March 21, 2024
Jessica Stovall, an alum and soon-to-be affiliate faculty member of the UW–Madison School of Education, has received the 2024 Dissertation Award from AERA's Critical Educators for Social Justice special interest group.
Memoir by UW–Madison alum reflects on friend’s death from Covid
March 19, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Barbara Seyda, who earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1980, has a forthcoming memoir that is titled, “Gaudy Sorrow.”
New Faculty Focus: Q&A with Omari ‘Motion’ Carter
March 18, 2024
Recently, the School of Education communications team asked Omari "Motion" Carter, a new assistant professor in the Dance Department, to answer some questions to introduce him to our campus and School of Education communities.
New UW–Madison study traces spread of anti-LGBTQ+ bills and policies in Midwestern states
March 15, 2024
A new UW–Madison study sheds light on how state and local government laws, policies, and proposals limiting LGBTQ+ students’ rights have proliferated in recent years.
Shining a light on neurodiversity in higher ed
March 15, 2024
Department of Theatre and Drama faculty member Megan Reilly, who was diagnosed with autism at age 41, says social awareness, campus resources, and acts of kindness can help neurodivergent students succeed in college.
Research project offers path to anti-racist policy changes for school leaders
March 14, 2024
As American public schools continue to reckon with widespread racial inequities, a School of Education research project is working to offer support and build understanding of how school leaders can facilitate anti-racist policy changes.
UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah is named Wisconsin Academy Fellow
March 13, 2024
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is one of 16 extraordinary Wisconsinites being honored with a 2024 Fellows Award from the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.
New book from UW–Madison’s Winkle-Wagner documents decades of Black women’s vital community-building in higher education
March 8, 2024
Black women seek out, build, and maintain vibrant communities of support in order to survive and thrive in college and other higher education environments, according to a new book from a School of Education faculty member.
UW–Madison alum champions adaptive physical education program in Wisconsin school district
March 7, 2024
UW–Madison alumnus Andrew Sokol, a 2022 graduate of the School of Education’s
Physical Education Teacher Education program, pioneered an adaptive physical education program in his Oak Creek, Wisconsin, elementary school that has now spread throughout the district.