Dating back to 2007, this award honors women of color among UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and in the greater Madison community for excellent work in areas like social activism, community building and research that promote inclusivity and advocate for disadvantaged, marginalized populations. The award recognizes women of color who are also invested in improving the …
“Norm’s patient and generous guidance and support made such an impact on me and my professional development,” says Bishop, who went on to spend nearly two decades as a successful faculty member and researcher at the University of Kentucky. “Professor Berven’s exceptional dedication and tireless work on behalf of the program, its students, the field …
Li is a Vilas Professor at UW–Madison and a faculty member with the School of Education’s Dance Department. She formed her own dance team, Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD), in 1990. Through her dance team, she aims to not only produce and perform creative and original pieces, but to inform dance as a form of contemporary …
The project — in collaboration with Nehemiah: Center for Urban Development — was selected to receive $1 million in funding through the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Community Impact Grant program. The Wei LAB is housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, which is part of UW–Madison’s School of Education. The lab is led by Jerlando Jackson, who is a …
Orfield is a distinguished research professor of education, law, political science and urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has spent his career studying, documenting and recommending action around inequity. He is the co-founder and co-director of the UCLA Civil Rights Project. Hillman is an associate professor with the School of …
John Diamond, a sociologist of education, was recently named the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with UW–Madison’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Diamond, who also is a faculty affiliate with the Departments of Afro-American Studies and Educational Policy Studies, researches the relationship between social inequality and educational opportunity. In particular, he …
Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies with the School of Education. First published in 1979, his “Ideology and Curriculum” has informed the relationship of cultural and economic power in education. It has become widely recognized for its ground-breaking statements, celebrated as one of the most significant …
Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Educational Psychology. The grant, worth $165,000, is from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Research and Development Program. Kaplan is an expert in the field of quantitative methodology, with a focus on …
Stanford Taylor, like Evers, is an alum of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Earning her undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978, she returned to receive her master’s from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979. “I am thrilled that Carolyn Stanford Taylor, an alumna of our School of Education, is the new …
Bird Bear is the assistant dean for Student Diversity programs in UW–Madison’s School of Education and serves as the Multicultural/Disadvantaged Coordinator for the School. He also oversees the summer College Access Program for high school students, the Summer Education Research Program for prospective graduate students, the Education Graduate Research Scholar’s Program for current graduate students, …