UW–Madison alumna Sandra Kiddoo has been named to serve as president of Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota, effective July 1. Kiddoo earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2017. “Dr. Kiddoo’s leadership style is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative,” said Devinder Malhotra, the chancellor of Minnesota State. …
UW–Madison alumna Deniece Dortch is receiving the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Multicultural/Multiethnic Education special interest group (SIG). Dortch received her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2016. The purpose of this award is to recognize an …
UW–Madison alumna Jessie Nixon co-authored a blog post published by Sesame Workshop’s Joan Ganz Cooney Center that is titled, “Youth Voice for Teacher Empowerment.” Nixon earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Currently, she is an education engagement specialist at PBS Wisconsin Education focused on 3rd- through 12th-grade content. Nixon co-authored the …
We’re asking faculty, staff, and alumni to help us generate excitement for Day of the Badger on April 6 and 7 by wearing red, sharing your stories with your friends and on social media, and making a gift in support of the School of Education. Day of the Badger is a day (and then some) …
UW–Madison alumnus Michael Hartoonian has published a new book, titled “Chased by the Memory: A Boy’s Struggle for Identity.” Hartoonian earned his master’s and PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. “Chased by the Memory” is described as “a story about the ongoing search for family and love, and the inner arguments …
UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is hosting a blog series to celebrate Women’s History Month. The series aims to draw attention to the myriad of gender equity issues women face that have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues, writes CCWT …
Corpus Callosum, an online arts journal produced by Ebling Library in the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, released its second edition in December 2020, including work from School of Education alumna Holly Cohn. Cohn earned her MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department. Currently, she is a senior research specialist in UW–Madison’s Fundus Photograph …
UW–Madison alumni Bruce Meredith and Mark Paige have published an article in the Houston Law Review that is titled, “Reversing Rodriguez: A Siren Call to a Dangerous Shoal.” Paige is a School of Education graduate, having earned his PhD from the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2011. He is currently an associate professor at the …
UW–Madison alumnus Kenneth Teitelbaum has authored a new book, “Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling: Curriculum, Teaching, and Socio-Political Realities,” which was published by Routledge in May 2020. Teitelbaum earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum in Instruction in 1985. “Focusing on a wide range of critical issues, this book provides a comprehensive analysis …
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 …