The university is asking faculty and staff to return to work at noon Thursday, Jan. 31, to begin the process of reopening campus. Campus buildings will be unlocked at noon. Second and third shift employees should report to work Thursday evening as scheduled. Instruction will resume at 1 p.m. This means that all courses with …
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Underwood is the Susan Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice, and the former dean of the School of Education. Underwood begins by writing: “The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark anti-discrimination case, Brown v. Board of Education (1954), offered the hope of equity and access for all children. Unfortunately, what started as a strong judicial statement lost its …
Hawkins is a professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The reviewers for this award were particularly impressed with Hawkins’ innovative contributions of her scholarship, including her cutting-edge research on issues such as critical theory, social justice language teacher education, transmodalities, community engagement, and young learners. The reviewers also …
People wanting to learn more about the Seed Grants are invited to a virtual, Google hangout gathering from 3 to 5 p.m. The event was originally scheduled to be held in the Education Building’s Morgridge Commons. The Grand Challenges team is looking for interdisciplinary, innovative, and impactful Seed Grant proposals that address critical issues in …
The article appears in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, and is titled, “Omission and Othering: Constructing Autism on Community College Websites.” Nachman is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The report is co-authored with Kirsten Brown, a research faculty member with Edgewood College’s …
Moeller is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and the author of the 2018 book, “The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism, and the Corporate Politics of Development.” Moeller begins by writing: “At the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, in 2012, the Times columnist Nicholas Kristof asked Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg if the …
Baldridge is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies. She is a sociologist of education and the author of the forthcoming book, “Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work.” This is the second major honor for Baldridge in the past couple weeks, as earlier this month she learned she …
This exhibit, which runs Feb. 1 through April 6, features a selection of limited edition fine art prints created at Tandem Press by Los Angeles-based sculptor and printmaker Alison Saar. Saar’s sculptures, assemblages and prints meditate on a range of experiences related to the African diaspora as well as her personal encounters with racism, sexism …
These proposals may address research findings related to pre-k through adult education. But hurry, because the deadline to submit proposals is Feb. 1. The fair, which is co-sponsored by the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), will take place on Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Institutes …