UW–Madison’s Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, along with 12 other scholars, is an incoming member of the Review of Higher Education (RHE) editorial board. Winkle-Wagner is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her research centers on widespread educational inequality, and aims to uncover and provide solutions by focusing on how …
By Laurel White A new report from a UW–Madison assistant professor provides a comprehensive look at political efforts to censor teachers and students in higher education, K-12 schools, and teacher training programs. According to the report, which was commissioned and released last month by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), approximately 19 …
The work of a UW–Madison alumna and a fellow teacher to address the issue of gun violence in their community was recently spotlighted in The Guardian. Following the shooting death of one of their former students in 2013, Melanie Swandby — who at the time was a fifth-grade teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in …
UW–Madison alumna Ulla Connor received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Åbo Akademi University in Finland in May 2022. Connor earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the School of Education in 1978, and now serves as the Chancellor’s Professor of English at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). At IUPUI, she was the first …
UW–Madison alumni J. Leigh Garcia and Ericka Walker have been honored with 2023 awards from the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) for excellence in printmaking. Garcia is the recipient of the Emerging Printmaker Award. Originally from Texas, Garcia earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2018. She now lives in Ohio …
UW–Madison’s Carlyn Mueller, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, is the recipient of an Early Career Publication Award from the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. The award recognizes an outstanding research publication by an individual within six years after completing their doctorate. …
By Laurel White UW–Madison School of Education faculty, programs, and alumni have been featured in several stories this fall about how educators are approaching teaching about elections amid heightened political polarization and scrutiny on teachers. Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and an expert on civic education, offered her insight on the challenges …
The Madison Arts Commission and The Bubbler at Madison Public Library have selected UW–Madison alum Ash Armenta as the 2022-23 Thurber Park Artist-in-Residence. The Thurber Park Artist Residency was launched in 2019, and is based out of a dedicated art studio at Thurber Park. The Artist-in-Residence has access to a rent-free studio space for 11 …
By Laurel White Students who are highly ranked in their classes are more likely to aspire to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), but girls benefit less than boys from higher rankings, according to a new study from a UW–Madison researcher. The study analyzed boys and girls in middle schools in China, where …
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly has been selected to receive an Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training from the University Resident Theatre Association (URTA). Kelly, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama — who also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies — …