UW–Madison alumna Nicole Soulier, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) in 2024, is receiving the 2025 Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Soulier is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe …
UW–Madison alumnus Dean Pribbenow has been named the next president of Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He will begin his new role as the institution’s 17th president on July 1. Pribbenow currently serves as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Elmhurst University in Illinois, where he has held leadership roles …
Brian Burt, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB), is featured in the Winter 2025 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. In an insightful Q&A, Burt discusses his research on the underrepresentation of Black men in science, technology, engineering, …
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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced the selection of 29 exemplary scholars as 2025 AERA Fellows — including four who are faculty members with UW–Madison’s School of Education. The AERA Fellows Program honors scholars for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research. Nominated by their peers, the 2025 Fellows were selected by …
By WCER Communications Graduate students at UW–Madison’s School of Education are honing their skills and advancing their careers by collaborating with seasoned researchers on the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership Learning/Equity-Centered Leadership (CALL-ECL) project. This $10.1 million research project, funded by the Wallace Foundation in 2021 and housed in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), …
UW–Madison’s Mollie McQuillan, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been featured recently by national media speaking on mental health challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth and the critical role of inclusive school policies. McQuillan’s work sheds light on the pressures these students experience and the need …
By Marian Cracraft UW–Madison alumus Joseph Romero-Reyes, who earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), is the recipient of the 2024-2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division J Dissertation of the Year Award. Romero-Reyes’ dissertation, titled “Cultivating and Activating Assets in the Vertical Transfer Journey of …
Research by UW–Madison’s Suzanne Eckes, the Susan S. Engeleiter Chair in Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been cited in recent media reports on legal challenges surrounding the use of public funds for religious education. In a New York Times article, headlined “Supreme …
A School of Education alumnus, Daniel Kigeya, is among nine UW–Madison community members who were recognized in Madison365’s annual list of “Wisconsin’s 40 Most Influential Black Leaders” for 2024. Madison365, a nonprofit online news publication, has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin leaders from different racial and ethnic groups since 2015. The purpose of the lists is …