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 …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 30. UW-Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated …
A book review published in the Teachers College Record examines a recent publication from UW–Madison faculty member Anjalé Welton. Welton is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The review, by Carolyn Shields (Wayne State University), calls the book, titled “Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy,” a “must-read book for …
The Capital Times utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman for an article reporting on Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed $190 million in new investments to the UW System over the 2021-2023 biennium, which he announced during his budget address on Feb. 16. Hillman is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership …
A research team from UW–Madison’s Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation. The project, titled “Indigenous Learning Lab: Implementation of a culturally responsive behavioral support system to address the racialization of school discipline,” is led …
UW–Madison’s Kevin Henry has published a new paper in the journal Educational Policy that is titled, “‘The Price of Disaster’: The Charter School Authorization Process in Post-Katrina New Orleans.” Henry is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Utilizing the case of post-Katrina New Orleans, the paper applies …
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor, an education consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s American Indian Studies Program, recently received a certificate of commendation from Governor Tony Evers and a legislative citation from Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller and Representative Melissa Sargent for his work. O’Connor holds a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt has authored an article for Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, that is titled, “Who Wants to Be a Professor? One individual’s trajectory offers insights into broadening participation in academic careers.” Burt is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and …
UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang is being honored with a Transfer Champion-Catalyst Award from the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS). For more than a decade, Wang’s research has centered on community colleges, transfer, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. She consistently partners with two-year institutions to improve transfer pathways and success, …