Two UW–Madison doctoral students in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) — Will French and Mark Moralez — have been selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) program. They will be members of the program’s eighth cohort, which also includes Taylan Stulting, …
UW–Madison student Christie Tirado, an MFA candidate in the School of Education’s Art Department, recently appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” program to discuss printmaking and her artwork, which highlights the identities and experiences of migrant laborers from Mexico. Tirado, who specializes in block printing, said her motivation is to tell stories that often …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance will premiere a full production of the NEA-funded “Dirty Laundry: A Multimedia Dance Theater Work,” Feb. 6-8 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave.). “Dirty Laundry” is a multimedia and multi-layered dance work by choreographer Li Chiao-Ping, the Sally Banes Professor of Dance …
UW–Madison’s Joy Emmanuel, a first-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), has been selected as a 2025 Jim Rhatigan Fellow by the NASPA Foundation. This competitive fellowship supports emerging leaders in higher education and student affairs by providing scholarships to attend the NASPA Annual Conference. Emmanuel’s …
UW–Madison’s Matthew T. Hora, an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of Continuing Studies and the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, was recently quoted in a Learning Well article examining the debate over unpaid internships. In the article, Hora, who has conducted extensive research on the topic, addressed …
Eckes Offers Title IX Expertise Suzanne Eckes, the Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, spoke about the future of Title IX enforcement in schools across the country in articles recently published by The Hechinger Report and Salon. Both articles discussed a series …
1950s Joan PiperBS 1952 — Speech EducationJoan taught high school English, speech, radio, TV production, and broadcast journalism over her career. She also hosted her own cable TV program. Joan retired in 1993 and has been enjoying retirement since then. She and her husband also raised three sons who have gone on to successful careers …
By Laurel White To understand trailblazing kinesiology faculty member Betty Roberts, a good place to start is on a refrigerator ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 1945. The ship cut a path through German U-boat-infested waters to deliver volunteers to the British Army. Among them was Roberts, a recent college graduate from Canada. She traveled …
By Kari Dickinson Through her camera lens, Darcy Padilla captures not just images, but stories of beauty and resilience in the face of crushing challenges. Approaching her subjects with empathy and understanding, Padilla witnesses the lives of those often overlooked. Her long-form narrative photography illuminates some of the most pressing social issues of our time …
New project will examine experiences of disabled STEM students, faculty Allison Lombardi, a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, Carlyn Mueller, an assistant professor in the same department, and Graham Rifenbark, a research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), are leading a project that will increase understanding of …