Sarah Gagnon, creative director at UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab, recently joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to discuss the lab’s latest game, Headlines and High Water, and how Field Day works to create beautiful and engaging educational video games. Field Day, which is based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) within the School …
Anthony Hernandez recently published a Key Findings Brief on the Scholar Strategy Network addressing leadership in Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs). Hernandez earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2017, and received a PhD from that same department in 2022. Today, he is a faculty associate with the Department …
By University Communications Frances Vavrus has been named vice provost and dean of the International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a position she is scheduled to begin Aug. 1. Vavrus is an alumna of the UW–Madison School of Education, having earned her doctorate from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, with an African studies …
By WCER Communications Brad Carl, a scientist and co-director/founder of UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), was quoted recently in a Wisconsin Public Radio story about year-round school calendars. The March 10 story, titled “‘A break from the monotony’: Some La Crosse parents upset by end of year-round calendar at elementary school,” focused on the School …
Rachel Hulsey recently appeared on a podcast run by UW–Madison’s Alissa Oleck, the assistant dean for professional degrees and certificates, to talk about the School of Education’s MS in Educational Psychology: Professional Educators (MSPE) program. Hulsey is graduating in May from MSPE, and previously earned a BS in elementary education from the School of Education’s …
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman was recently interviewed by Marketplace for a report that is headlined, “What would happen if everyone just stopped paying their student debt?” The Marketplace report looks at President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation plan, and discusses the issue of student debt with professionals from across the country. “Our student loan repayment system has …
Faisal Abdu’Allah’s “Blu³eprint” sculpture, which stands outside of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) on State Street in Madison, was highlighted in the UK-based journal Printmaking Today. Abdu’Allah is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. He also holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is the associate dean of the …
Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, appeared in an article in STAT news, which delivers journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. The story, headlined “How Mindstrong’s rush to roll out a ‘smoke alarm’ for mental illness led to its downfall,” discusses the recent failure of the …
UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess was quoted recently in an Isthmus story that is headlined, “Some good news for civics education.” In the story, reporter Judith Davidoff asked Hess and other experts that she spoke with for a 2019 cover story on civics education whether they thought the field of civics education had made strides over the …
UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle was recently quoted in Diverse Issues in Higher Education about the increasing number of women who are leading Ivy League institutions. Come July 2023, six of the eight universities in the Ivy League will be headed by women. Columbia University, Dartmouth College, and Harvard University each named new presidents that will take …