UW–Madison’s Taekyeom Lee, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has won a 2023 Communication Design Award. Lee has been inspiring young graphic designers and educators by using diverse mediums for extended design practices and research infusing emerging technologies into his creative practice. He brings the tactile experience and 3D printing to …
UW–Madison’s Annalee Good has written a book titled “Teachers as Policy Advocates,” with co-author and Framingham State University Associate Professor May Hara. Good is an evaluator and researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the School of Education and has experience teaching middle school social studies. Her co-author, Hara, also has teaching …
School of Education faculty member Suzanne Eckes recently lent her expertise on legal challenges related to transgender students’ rights and educators’ free speech in articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Chalkbeat, and The Washington Post. Eckes is the Susan S. Engeleiter Chair in Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the UW–Madison School of Education’s …
Sarah Gagnon, creative director at UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab, recently joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to discuss the lab’s latest game, Headlines and High Water, and how Field Day works to create beautiful and engaging educational video games. Field Day, which is based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) within the School …
Anthony Hernandez recently published a Key Findings Brief on the Scholar Strategy Network addressing leadership in Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Hernandez earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2017, and received a PhD from that same department in 2022. Today, he is a faculty associate with the Department …
By Laurel White As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) programs continues to grow in the field of education, a UW–Madison faculty member says educators should work to build a keen awareness of the limits of some of the programs to interpret students’ body language and other physical interactions. Mitchell Nathan, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement …
The School of Education’s Dance Department presents the annual H’Doubler Concert, April 20-22, at the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall. The concert will feature a mix of solo and ensemble contemporary dance works from student choreographers Jessica Billings, Chloe Druckrey, Aurora Hines, Olivia Hintz, Allison Larsen, Emma Miquelon, Katie Ryann, Cindy Stefanek, Peighton Strasburg, …
By University Communications Frances Vavrus has been named vice provost and dean of the International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a position she is scheduled to begin Aug. 1. Vavrus is an alumna of the UW–Madison School of Education, having earned her doctorate from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, with an African studies …
UW–Madison’s Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr. is receiving the Early Career Award in Educational Politics and Policy from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division L. This award recognizes a scholar whose initial career shows a high level of productivity and excellence. Henry is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The …
By WCER Communications Brad Carl, a scientist and co-director/founder of UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), was quoted recently in a Wisconsin Public Radio story about year-round school calendars. The March 10 story, titled “‘A break from the monotony’: Some La Crosse parents upset by end of year-round calendar at elementary school,” focused on the School …