By WCER Communications Kelly Mella, who has more than 30 years’ experience in communications as both a college professor and a practitioner, will join the WCER leadership team on Aug. 14 as WCER’s new director of communications and marketing. An accomplished communications professional with proven leadership skills and rich experience in the academic world, Mella …
A Wisconsin Public Radio report that examines the issue of low teacher retention in Wisconsin highlights the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge and the Early Career Teaching Institute — which most recently brought about 100 early-career educators to campus in July — as ways the School is supporting teacher education graduates and helping …
The New York Times featured a story recently, headlined “Repeat After Her: There is No Dance Without Dance Education,” about UW–Madison alumna and dance advocate, educator, and founder of the Dance Education Laboratory Jody Gottfried Arnhold. “In dance education circles, her first name is enough,” reads the article. “Everyone knows Jody. They call her the …
By WCER Communications Few graduate programs teach grant writing. Yet education researchers frequently must secure outside funding to test theories and gather evidence on what works in education. To help School of Education faculty, staff, and students apply for — and hopefully win — more grant funding, the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) recently …
By Laurel White When Adaurennaya “Ada” Onyewuenyi was a doctoral student at the University of Washington, her research advisor stumbled upon a book that would drastically change their work — and, arguably, Onyewuenyi’s career as an educational psychology researcher. At the time, Onyewuenyi was at a crucial point in her dissertation and was beginning the …
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, shared his expertise with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) recently in its segment, “How Biden’s SAVE plan fits could affect student loans.” Hillman is an expert in how finance, policy, and geography shape educational opportunities, and is the director …
A recent article highlights a Department of Curriculum and Instruction course, “Videogames and Learning,” as one of UW–Madison’s top ten summer classes in 2022. The course, which was offered again for Summer Term 2023, is taught by Krista-Lee Malone, a teaching professor in the department. “One of the main things I want students to take …
UW–Madison student Joseph Romero-Reyes, a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was recently accepted into the California State University Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program. According to his acceptance letter, Romero-Reyes’ selection honors his “promise as a doctoral student and (his) interest in pursuing future tenure-track faculty opportunities in …
Madison’s longest running African-American owned magazine, UMOJA, recently published a feature on UW–Madison’s Diego Román that was written by Erika Bullock, his colleague in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Román is an assistant professor of bilingual/bicultural education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He is interested in the intersection of …
UW–Madison student Atilano Escobar, who is studying graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, will have his work displayed in a juried exhibition at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn, New York. The exhibition is part of the annual Construct3D conference Aug. 1-3, which showcases works of digital printing from …