The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to faculty, staff, and students across the School of Education on Monday, July 19: Dear School of Education faculty, staff, and students: I am pleased to announce that I have offered the position of interim associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion to Percival Matthews — and he …
The latest edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. The Summer 2021 issue centers on the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the many lessons learned. The cover story, headlined “Within every challenge, an opportunity,” spotlights how COVID-19 presented an unexpected crisis. But …
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 …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan has been named the Max Kade Visiting Professor at the Institut für Bildungswissenshaft (Institute for Education Science) at the University of Heidelberg for the fall 2021 semester. Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Kaplan has held numerous visiting scholar positions and …
Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have published an article in the journal, Surgery, that is titled, “Attending’s instructional methods as exhibited during intraoperative takeovers.” The study is the result of a collaboration between the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Martha Godfrey, the …
UW–Madison’s Martina Rau has received the Early Career Award from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). Rau is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. The call for nominations notes that ISLS’ Early Career Award “recognizes learning scientists who have made exciting and innovative contributions to the field during the early years following their …
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 …
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 …
UW–Madison student Yiqin Pan was selected to receive the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship from Educational Testing Service (ETS). Pan is a PhD student in the Quantitative Methods program in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. The fellowship is the most prestigious student award issued by ETS, and is intended to honor Harold Gulliksen, one of …
By Chelsea Hylton, University Communications If you have met Claudia Ramly, a UW–Madison second-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, you know that she is a compassionate and outgoing learner. Even after only speaking to her for about 15 minutes I could instantly grasp the feeling that Ramly is well-deserving of …