Category: Department of Educational Policy Studies

Three from School of Education are awarded prestigious NAEd/Spencer fellowships

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Three individuals from the UW–Madison School of Education have been awarded prestigious fellowships from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the Spencer Foundation. Diana Rodríguez-Gómez, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been named a 2021 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Rodríguez-Gómez’s scholarship examines trans-local processes of state-building and education policymaking …

Article examines Black parents’ search for ‘good’ schools

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UW–Madison’s Linn Posey-Maddox, Maxine McKinney de Royston, and Rachel A. Johnson are among the authors of an article published in the Harvard Educational Review that is titled, “No Choice is the ‘Right’ Choice: Black Parents’ Educational Decision-Making in Their Search for a ‘Good’ School.” Posey-Maddox is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of …

Seven students from School of Education receive Leadership Certificates

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Seven UW–Madison students pursuing degrees within the School of Education received a Leadership Certificate from the Center for Leadership and Involvement during the 2020-21 academic year. The students who were recognized, and their fields of study, include: Additionally, Shehrose Charania was selected as this year’s recipient of the Anne Louise Martino Women’s Leadership Award. Since its creation in 2002, the Leadership …

Fuller receives Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

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Regina Fuller is one of two recipients of the Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice from UW–Madison’s Center for Research on Gender and Women. Fuller was recognized for her project, “Debating sexuality: Sexual ideologies, gender, and education policy in Ghana.” Fuller is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of …

Ladson-Billings discusses community-university partnerships and COVID-19 disparities in ‘Community Chats’ episode

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By Kristina LeVan, University Communications In an episode of Community Chats, University of Wisconsin–Madison Community Relations Director Brenda González talks with professor emerita Gloria Ladson-Billings about her work with community-university engagement and the impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latinx communities in Madison and around the country. Ladson-Billings is the former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor …

School of Education’s Posey-Maddox, Shaffer awarded WARF fellowships

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The School of Education’s Linn Posey-Maddox and David Williamson Shaffer are among 33 UW–Madison faculty who have been awarded fellowships from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for 2021-22. Posey-Maddox, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, was awarded an H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. This award recognizes faculty within their first six years …

Several School of Education student-athletes named to Academic All-Big Ten team

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Excelling both on the field of play and in the classroom, several students pursuing degrees within the School of Education were among the 68 UW–Madison student-athletes competing in winter sports who were named to the 2020-21 Academic All-Big Ten all-conference team. In total, the Big Ten Conference honored 1,130 students on winter sports rosters with …

Hess announces new academic leadership team for School

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Dean Diana Hess named a new senior associate dean, in addition to announcing new associate deans for the arts, health, and education as the School of Education pulls together a new academic leadership team ahead of the 2021-22 academic year. Members of the new leadership team, who will begin their posts Aug. 23, 2021, are: …

Meixi is final speaker in Indigenous Speaker series on April 23

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Meixi will be the final speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Friday, April 23, at noon. Meixi is a Hokchiu learning scientist and former teacher who grew up with the Lahu tribe in northern Thailand. She is currently a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in American …

Crossroads of Ideas exploring equity and climate change April 20

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What do we gain when we include diverse communities in the conversation on climate change? And what do we lose when we don’t? On Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m., scientists, engineers, experts and leaders from diverse backgrounds — including School of Education PhD students Dawn Crim and Yaa Oparebea Ampofo — bring their perspectives …