UW–Madison alumnus Chris Matheny has been named the next president of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC). Matheny earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2013. Currently the executive vice president for instruction and chief academic officer at FVTC, Matheny will assume his new role on August 1. “Our …
A research proposal by UW–Madison students Hannah Rapp and Yi-jung (Sally) Wu was one of three to be awarded a $1,000 graduate research scholarship in fall 2020 by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC). Rapp is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Wu is a …
By Doug Erickson, University Communications LaVar Charleston, an innovative leader and accomplished researcher with nearly two decades of experience related to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, has been named to lead the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Since June 2019, Charleston has served as the inaugural associate dean for equity, diversity …
UW–Madison alumnus Pao Lor is the author of a new memoir, titled “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Lor earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and currently holds the Patricia Wood Baer Professorship in Education at UW–Green Bay. …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and former Madison Schools Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham are sharing their thoughts on “leading for racial justice” in a series of three essays for Education Week. Diamond is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Cheatham is currently a …
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Ellie Bruecker for an article reporting on the declining number of Milwaukee Public School (MPS) students who have filled out the FAFSA his year. Bruecker is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. As of April 8, the article …
UW–Madison student Jennifer Magee wrote a “Teacher Voice” op-ed for the Hechinger Report, headlined “Don’t avoid discussing race with your students.” Magee earned her master’s degree is currently a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She is also a fourth-grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin, and an 18-year teaching …
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has been named the 2021 “Indian Educator of the Year” by the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA). O’Connor earned a master’s degree in 2013 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is currently an education consultant with the American Indian Studies Program in the Wisconsin Department of Public …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond shared his thoughts on school reopenings with the Washington Post recently, in an article headlined, “Biden is meeting his modest school-reopening goal — but progress is uneven.” The article reports “vast unevenness” in school reopening across the country. “The people least likely to be in school are students of color and those …
UW–Madison’s John B. Diamond and Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr. have been awarded grants from the Spencer Foundation. Diamond holds the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He received a Racial Equity Special Research Grant for his project, “How White Educators Learn About Race and Work Toward Racial Justice.” …