UW–Madison alumna Min Yu has received the 2024 Best Paper Award from the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) East Asia special interest group (SIG). Yu’s paper, “Reimagining education and community mobilization in China’s migrant communities: towards an ‘Asia as method’ framework,” was published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. According to the abstract, …
UW–Madison alumna Rebecca Onken, a 2023 graduate of the School of Education’s MS Educational Psychology: Professional Educators (MSPE) program in the Department of Educational Psychology, is a recipient of a Teacher Fellowship award from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation. Onken, a social studies teacher at Baraboo High School, is one of 100 educators from across Wisconsin who …
UW–Madison alumna Martha James, who earned her BS from the School of Education’s Physical Education Teacher Education program in 1993, has shared a TEDx Talk that is titled, “For Brilliance’s Sake, Let the Children Move!” In the talk, delivered at TEDxUStreetWomen, James illuminates movement as a powerful solution for addressing many of the challenges facing …
UW–Madison alumna Brittany Graham, who earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama in 2018, was recently recognized for Best Costume Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival. Graham, the assistant manager of the costume shop for Pitt Stages at the University of Pittsburgh, was honored for her work on …
On Wisconsin spotlighted the work of UW–Madison alumna Patricia Marroquin Norby in the Winter 2024 issue of the award-winning alumni magazine. The feature, headlined “An Eye for Indigenous Art,” shares how Norby is bringing together Indigenous art and perspectives and amplifying often unheard voices as the inaugural associate curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan …
UW–Madison alumna Barbara Seyda, who earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1980, has a forthcoming memoir that is titled, “Gaudy Sorrow.” “Gaudy Sorrow” is described as “a surreal, epistolary memoir” about Seyda’s Basque friend who died of Covid on Christmas Eve. The book, published by Finishing Line Press, is …
A cover illustrated by UW–Madison alumnus Taylor Rushing for Sierra Ferrell’s forthcoming album, “Trail of Flowers,” made an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show on Jan. 19. Kimmel showed the album cover as he introduced Ferrell, who made her television debut performing her song, “Fox Hunt,” during the broadcast. “Trail of Flowers” is set …
UW–Madison alumna Giselle Martinez-Negrette has been honored with the 2024 Early Career Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE). Martinez-Negrette, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2019, was recognized for her “commitment and promise via her actions, research, and service to the …
UW–Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) recently spotlighted Dominic Ledesma, the inaugural assistant vice provost for culture, climate, and engagement — and a School of Education alumnus — in a Q&A on their website news page. Ledesma, who earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2021, leads …
A recent Madison Magazine feature, “A day in the life of five Madison creatives,” spotlighted two individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education. AJ Juarez, who teaches hip hop in the School of Education’s Dance Department and is also the owner of Barrio Dance in Madison, talked about his morning and evening routines, …