UW-Madison’s Andrea Ruppar was recently named an inaugural co-editor of a new research-to-practice journal called Inclusive Practices. Ruppar is an associate professor of special education with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. The journal is published by Sage, and is a publication of TASH, an international leader in disability advocacy. Inclusive …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications An errant paper airplane, and a teacher’s insightful response to it, led to one of the best examples of successful play-based learning in a classroom that Angela Pyle, a faculty member in early childhood education at the University of Toronto, has witnessed in her extensive research. Termed “inquiry play,” it’s …
Carlyn Mueller was recently selected to receive an Outstanding Dissertation Award from an American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group (SIG). She is being recognized by the Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG for her dissertation, “Beyond Stigma: Disability Identity in School Contexts.” Mueller, whose research is informed by her personal experience as a …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts announced its 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts and two faculty members from the School of Education garnered recognition. Fred Stonehouse, a professor with the Art Department, received the Creative Arts Award, while Leslie Smith III, an associate professor with the Art Department, earned the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative …
UW-Madison’s Xueli Wang has spent much of her academic career examining ways to improve the higher education landscape in an effort to help college students find their path to a better life. Wang’s research puts a particular emphasis on students who start out at two-year colleges with an eye on transferring to a four-year institution …
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported on important research being conducted by UW-Madison’s Matthew Hora that examines internships. Hora, an expert on the topic, is the director of UW-Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He also serves as an assistant professor of …
Chris Walker’s “Banana Man” will be performed by Amansu Eason at the Moving Inspirations Dance Festival at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg on Feb. 29. Walker is a professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. The Moving Inspirations Dance Festival is a gathering of dance makers or dancers of African, culturally diverse, and …
James Patterson, the world’s top-selling author of the past 20 years, will give the charge to graduates as keynote speaker for spring commencement at UW-Madison. Joining him on stage will be this year’s alumni speaker, John Felder, a retired labor union administrator and one of the primary organizers of the Black Student Strike of 1969 at UW–Madison. …
UW-Madison’s Brian Burt is being inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars during a ceremony on March 26 at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. Induction into the Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers & Laity honors individuals at various career stages and across a wide spectrum …
UW-Madison’s Lei Zheng, a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will receive the Graduate Student Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Critical Issues in Cultural Studies special interest group (SIG). Zheng, who defended her thesis in January and will graduate this May, received her bachelor degree in history …