Madison365’s 2022 list of “Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders” highlights a faculty member and three alumni from the School of Education. Those featured are “elected leaders, business leaders, and community leaders, doing difficult, important work, often in the face of discrimination and literally generations of oppression,” according to Madison365’s CEO and publisher, Henry Sanders. …
The Wisconsin Alumni Association published a Q&A with School of Education alumna Patricia Marroquin Norby, the first full-time curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Norby earned her master of fine arts degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2002. In the interview, she identifies …
UW–Madison’s Elaine Scheer, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, was featured on WORT-FM’s “The 8 O’Clock Buzz” recently in a segment that is titled, “Watercolors by the ‘Gram.” In the segment, host Andy Moore picks Scheer’s brain about her paintings, the experiences behind them, and why she chose Instagram as a platform …
A story from the Wisconsin Alumni Association spotlights the work of UW–Madison Professor Tom Jones, an instructor of photography in the School of Education’s Art Department and an Art Department alumnus (BFA, 1988). The story, titled “Worth A Thousand Words: An Inside Look,” delves into Jones’s experience in Madison as a member of the Ho-Chunk …
The UW–Madison YouTube channel recently shined a light on the work of Ariel (AJ) Juarez, an instructor in the School of Education’s Dance Department. Juarez specializes in teaching the foundations of hip-hop, including the likes of house, breakdancing, litefeet, and party moves in his classes. He is also the owner of Barrio Dance in Madison. …
A book co-authored by UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad and Todd Lundberg received an honorable mention in Forbes magazine’s “The Best Higher Education Books Of 2022.” The research-based book, “Learning With Others: Collaboration as a Pathway to College Student Success,” argues that “collaborative learning should be emphasized at the core of undergraduate education,” according to the Forbes …
A newspaper reporter from South Korea recently came to Madison to learn more about the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) and its efforts over the past several decades to track diversity in children’s books. The article, written by Won-Hyung Choi from The Hankyoreh, examines how the CCBC has worked to document the representation of historically …
Beth Larson, an associate professor of occupational therapy with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, was recently interviewed for a podcast titled, “A Little Easier.” Episode 5 of this “podcast for stressed parents” focuses on how emotions flow within families. Larson’s research on parental well-being and 30 years of clinical experience is utilized here …
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman is quoted in a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the effects of a decision to end instruction at the UW System’s two-year Richland Center campus and move its degree programs to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. Hillman, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy …
UW–Madison’s L. J. Randolph Jr. was recently elected to the board of directors of ACTFL. He will serve as the organization’s president-elect in 2023 and president in 2024. Randolph is an assistant professor of world language education with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. A former high school Spanish and ESL teacher, …