Three finalists to become director of student engagement with the School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) will be delivering public presentations via Zoom as part of the interview process Dec. 8-11. Each candidate will be giving a 30-minute presentation about their fit within OEDI, and then will take questions for 15 …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Name: Emily Machado Title, including department and school: assistant professor of early childhood education with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction Hometown: I’m originally from northern …
UW–Madison’s Christopher Kirchgasler has published an article in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education that is titled, “The end(s) of inclusion: ungrounding globalization and ‘the migrant’ in dialogue with hospitality.” Kirchgasler is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The article “reassesses globalization in light of research, policy, and reforms …
Duduzile Lunga, who attended UW–Madison as an international exchange student in the fall of 2018, is a finalist for KFM 94.5’s Teacher of the Year award in Cape Town, South Africa. Lunga is one of 10 finalists the radio station selected out of over 3,500 nominees. Lunga is a math teacher at Pinelands High School in Cape …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has authored a paper offering a new look at engaging with the 19th/20th century philosopher and educator, John Dewey. The paper is titled, “Education’s Experience in an Age of Anti-Politics: Reading John Dewey in the Third Decade of the 21st Century,” and it is published in a special edition of the journal Sisyphus …
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman for an article reporting on how the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has shortchanged technical and community colleges, meaning that some Wisconsin college students who were most likely to need money to help them through the pandemic were the least likely to receive …
The School of Education’s Maria Widmer has been honored with a Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development from the POD Network, with Karen Skibba, Department of Continuing Studies. Widmer is an instructional designer with MERIT (media, education resources, and information technology) and a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The …
UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang has authored an article in The Conversation that is titled, “Doing this one thing helps community college students transfer to a four-year university.” Wang is the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The “one thing” Wang identifies that community college …
The Capital Times published an article reporting on the Oct. 29 symposium, “Addressing Inequities in School Policies, Policing, and Discipline Practices.” The symposium was the third event in the Real Talk for Real Change symposia series, hosted by the School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (OEDI) and office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE). …
The School of Education hosted a virtual “tea-time” with Dean Diana Hess on Nov. 11, offering an informal opportunity for the Dean to share updates and to answer questions from faculty and staff. After welcoming participants and thanking them for their work within the School through the COVID-19 pandemic, Hess took time to respond to …