University of Wisconsin–Madison

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School of Education faculty member Brian Burt receives alumni achievement award from Indiana University

School of Education faculty member Brian Burt has been honored by one of his alma maters with an alumni achievement award.  Burt was presented with the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Alumni Achievement Award from Indiana University over the weekend. Burt is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director and …

Art Department to welcome Hall for spring 2024 residency

UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts and the School of Education’s Art Department will welcome Marlon F. Hall as a Spring 2024 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Hall’s residency will include teaching a three-credit course, “The Olive Tree; Growing Community Engaged Storytelling from Irritation to Intrigue,” centered in community art that nourishes social healing in Madison. The olive tree nourishes the …

UW–Madison’s Stern argues for hyperlocal analysis of Black students’ civil rights era resistance in new publication

By Laurel White A new article from a School of Education faculty member offers an in-depth analysis of how Black students in Louisiana used force to resist subordination during the civil rights and Black Power era. It also asserts the high value of such hyperlocal historical analyses to historians and educational researchers.  Walter Stern, associate …

UW–Madison’s Goldberg offers expertise on mindfulness and injury recovery in Outside magazine

UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds, recently offered his expertise on how mindfulness can support injury recovery to Outside magazine.  In the article, Goldberg points out worry and negative thinking can impede the process of …

UW–Madison’s Hora discusses unpaid internships with The Washington Post

UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora shared his expertise with The Washington Post for their recent story, “Unpaid internships have been criticized for years. Why are they still around?” Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of Continuing Studies and with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. He is …

WCER’s Goplin wins University Staff Recognition Award

The School of Education’s Gwen Goplin, a Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) employee for over 45 years, is among the 10 UW–Madison university staff members being recognized this year with University Staff Recognition Awards.  The award winners are recognized for achievements that include promoting the image of the university, demonstrating excellence, showing leadership, recommending …

‘A less traveled road’: New study from UW-Madison’s Burt, Wei LAB team offers path to increasing number of Black men in STEM

By Laurel White In 2020, less than one percent of graduate-level engineering degrees were awarded to Black men, according to statistics from the Council of Graduate Schools and the American Society for Engineering Education.  A new study from School of Education faculty member Brian Burt and his team at Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei …

John Palmer, former dean of the School of Education, dies at age 95

John Palmer, a UW–Madison professor emeritus and dean of the School of Education from 1975-1991, died peacefully on June 25, 2023, in Middleton, Wisconsin. He was 95.  Palmer was an esteemed professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Policy Studies, and History at UW–Madison. He served as dean of the School of Education …

New book by UW–Madison alumni examines multicultural and bilingual schools

UW–Madison alumni Matthew Knoester and Assaf Meshulam are the authors of a new book, “Learning to Cross Divides: Examining Critical Multicultural and Bilingual Schools,” that will be published by Routledge in July. Both Knoester and Meshulam earned their doctorates from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Knoester graduated in 2010, and Meshulam …