University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education

UW–Madison announces Smart Restart plan to reopen in fall

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By University Communications UW–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. The course array and the modality of instruction will be determined by departments, working with the deans of their respective school or college. This will include course instruction plans for students not able to return to the …

Message from Dean Hess on School’s commitment to racial justice

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The following message from Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School of Education on Monday, June 15: Dear School of Education students, staff, and faculty, Many years ago, as a high school teacher, I was working to better understand why it is that people are often better able to …

Alumnae exhibition, ‘The Flowers are Burning…Oceans a Rising,’ goes digital

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Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to COVID-19 pandemic, …

UW–Madison School of Education No. 1 among public institutions in U.S. News rankings

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UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are once again ranked among the very best in the nation in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 17. UW-Madison is home to the No. 1-ranked public school of education in the nation, a distinction it is sharing …

UW-Madison’s Ruppar named co-editor of new journal, Inclusive Practices

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UW-Madison’s Andrea Ruppar was recently named an inaugural co-editor of a new research-to-practice journal called Inclusive Practices. Ruppar is an associate professor of special education with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. The journal is published by Sage, and is a publication of TASH, an international leader in disability advocacy. Inclusive …

Mueller to receive Outstanding Dissertation Award from Inclusive Education Research SIG

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Carlyn Mueller was recently selected to receive an Outstanding Dissertation Award from an American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group (SIG). She is being recognized by the Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG for her dissertation, “Beyond Stigma: Disability Identity in School Contexts.” Mueller, whose research is informed by her personal experience as a …

Ruppar receives $1.4M grant to train special education and communication sciences and disorders students together

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UW-Madison’s Andrea Ruppar is the principal investigator (PI) on a new $1.4 million grant that will train students at the university how to work with young people who have complex communication needs over the next four years. Ruppar is an associate professor of special education with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special …

Global Engagement Office hosts Lunar New Year Celebration

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On Friday, Jan. 31, the UW–Madison School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato. Lin, who directed the planning for the event, is double majoring in Elemnetary Education and Special Education. In her address at the event, she expressed …

UW-Madison’s Tansey conducting studies on how best to support employment of youth with disabilities

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Tim Tansey, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, will serve as the principal investigator (PI) on the UW-Madison sub-awards for two major new grant-funded projects. Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Paul Wehman is the PI on the two five-year, $4.4 million awards (total funding of $8.8 million) from …

UW-Madison’s Smedema is project director for Rehabilitation Services Administration grant

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UW-Madison’s Susan Miller Smedema is the project director for a new grant that’s designed to bolster the number of qualified vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors across Wisconsin and the nation. The award is for a Long Term Training Grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The project will grant scholarship support for students in the highly …