UW–Madison alumna Hanna Kim, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology in 2023, has received a Forward in Access Award from the McBurney Disability Resource Center. The award recognizes individuals who support inclusion and accessibility for students with disabilities at UW–Madison. Kim was nominated for the award by McBurney …
By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member has received an internationally competitive award from the Society for Learning Analytics Research that will support her research on bias in artificial intelligence tools. Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the organization’s annual ECR Research Grant. The honor recognizes a promising early career …
Originally published by UW–Madison’s Office of Strategic Communication Percival Matthews, professor and associate dean in the School of Education, has been appointed to a role as a special advisor to Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Provost Charles Isbell focused on access and community. The new role recognizes the importance of advancing UW–Madison’s institutional efforts to create a …
UW–Madison is home to the top-ranked school of education in the nation for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings published on Tuesday. The UW–Madison School of Education is solely at the top of this year’s U.S. News education school rankings, after tying for No. 1 …
Katie Eklund, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, is among the UW–Madison faculty members chosen this year to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. A ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. April 15 in the Great Hall of …
The 2024-25 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven exceptional graduate students from the School of Education. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the …
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 Laurel White Maternal experiences with racism could affect brain development of children in utero, according to a study co-authored by a School of Education faculty member and doctoral student. The study, published in Scientific Reports, found preliminary evidence that mothers who experienced racism during pregnancy gave birth to newborns who showed changes in brain activity, particularly …
The UW–Madison School of Education has received several top-five rankings for its online graduate degree programs in education, according to new ratings released today by U.S. News & World Report. The publication ranked UW–Madison No. 3 in overall Best Online Master’s in Education Programs, No. 2 in the category of Best Online Master’s in Educational …
In the wake of the devastating shooting earlier this week at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, UW–Madison’s Katie Eklund went on local radio station 89.9 WORT-FM to share some strategies for supporting kids following events like these. Eklund, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and the director of the School Mental …