Madison’s local CBS affiliate, WISC-TV/Ch. 3, recently put the spotlight on the School of Education’s Whoopensocker program and its efforts to start connecting with people online. UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson, who developed Whoopensocker as part of the UW Community Arts Collaboratory in the office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE), explains to WISC-TV’s Michael Bruno how the …
UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang recently discussed her new book, which explores the experiences of STEM transfer students at community colleges, with Inside Higher Ed. Wang is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her book, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways,” follows 1,670 community college …
In an article examining a Kentucky bill that would require all high school students to file the FAFSA, the Louisville Courier Journal utilizes the expertise of UW–Madison’s Ellie Bruecker. Bruecker, a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is a project assistant with the university’s Student Success Through Applied Research …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita with the School of Education, was interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times for a report examining how Florida and its schools are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report explains that while schools in some states have decided against online instruction, Florida schools are continuing with online courses. Some …
UW–Madison’s Mindi Thompson wrote an op-ed that was published by Inside Higher Ed and headlined, “Advice for faculty members in a turbulent time.” Thompson is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, and a coach and academic director of faculty programs at the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. In …
UW–Madison’s Omar Poler (Sokaogon Ojibwe) was featured in a Wisconsin State Journal report headlined, “Know Your Madisonian: Bringing Indigenous Perspective to UW Madison Campus.” Poler has spent the past decade working for UW–Madison as an outreach specialist for the Information School, supporting tribal librarians, archivists, and museum curators across Wisconsin. He also helped develop the …
UW–Madison’s Josh Bach-Hanson appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s (WPR) “The Morning Show” on March 4 to discuss rural higher education in Wisconsin. Bach-Hanson is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and is a researcher with The Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab. Bach-Hanson tells WPR that there …
Go London recently featured the work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and his work in the group exhibition, “Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives,” which aims to depict the social conditions of London in 2020. Abdu’Allah’s work in the exhibition, which Go London calls the main event, features an actual haircut in a barber’s chair. An associate …
The Wisconsin State Journal recently utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman and the work of two of his graduate students, Jared Colston and Josh Bach-Hanson, to examine issues related to dwindling enrollment and access to higher education for rural students at some Wisconsin campuses. Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department …
Isthmus published an article featuring UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry and her latest book, “Making Comics,” which is “part memoir, part self-help, and a passionate call for introspection,” reports the Madison newspaper. Barry, a professor of interdisciplinary creativity with the School of Education’s Art Department, holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art. She is widely known for …