University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW–Madison’s Wilkerson appears on WPR to talk about special education teacher residency program

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UW–Madison’s Kimber Wilkerson appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to speak about the UW–Madison’s Special Education Teacher (UW-SET) residency program. Wilkerson is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, and the director of the Teacher Education Center. Wilkerson explained to the program’s host, Rob Ferrett, that there has been a challenge across …

UW–Madison alum Holman is finalist for New Mexico Teacher of the Year honor

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UW–Madison alumna Suzanne Holman was recently nominated to represent the Farmington Municipal School District in Farmington, New Mexico, as District Teacher of the Year for 2021. Out of the 22,021 teachers in New Mexico, she was named one of the top four finalists for Teacher of the Year. Each year since the program began in …

The School of Education’s moments in time 2020

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What a year it has been! Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we faced challenges that few could have envisioned. Despite 2020 being such a unique year, our School of Education has retained its sense of optimism — and a belief in big ideas. As 2020 draws to a close, let’s take …

Alum Yaghmaian honored with Oregon Counseling Association award

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UW–Madison alumna Rana Yaghmaian has been honored with the Leona Tyler Award from the Oregon Counseling Association (ORCA). Yaghmaian is an assistant professor in the Counselor Education Department at Portland State University (PSU), and she is also the coordinator of PSU’s Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling Program. She earned her doctorate in rehabilitation psychology from the UW–Madison School …

Marketplace.org utilizes expertise of UW–Madison’s Hillman

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 A new Marketplace.org report — titled “Would canceling $10,000 in student debt really help that much?” — utilizes the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman. Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and the director of the Student Success through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab. The report examines the potential impact …

See diverse work from students in UW–Madison’s Art Department, now online

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Despite the coronavirus, the School of Education’s Art Department has hosted a number of exhibitions this fall, featuring student work in a variety of disciplines. Though the department’s galleries are not open to the public currently, the work shown in many of these exhibitions can be viewed via social media and other online sources. Check out some …

UW–Madison’s Burt, Stone publish article examining impact of STEM diversity programs

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UW–Madison’s Brian Burt and Blayne Stone are authors of a new article in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, titled “STEM validation among underrepresented students: Leveraging insights from a STEM diversity program to broaden participation.” Burt, the lead author of the article, is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy …

UW–Madison alum Liu publishes new book, ‘Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning’

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UW–Madison alumna Katrina Liu recently published a book titled, “Critical Reflection for Transformative Learning: Understanding ePortfolios in Teacher Education.” Aimed at educators and ePortfolio designers, the book “provides a research-based guide to using ePortfolios to develop critically reflective teachers capable of transformative learning for educational equity,” notes the description on the Springer Education website. The description continues: …

UW–Madison alumna Kulkarni awarded AERA teacher education grant

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UW–Madison alumna Saili S. Kulkarni was recently awarded a Re-envisioning Teaching and Teacher Education in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic (RTTE) grant from Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Kulkarni earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education in 2015, and is currently an assistant …