By Laurel White Ben Stern is stymied. His submarine is stuck. The sub’s engine isn’t strong enough to overcome a strong ocean current in an area he wants to explore, and his typically trusty vehicle keeps getting pushed off course. Shaking his fists at the sky, Stern smiles ruefully. “It’s so frustrating,” he laughs. “I …
By Todd Finkelmeyer Starting with the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, schools across Wisconsin will be required to provide education on the Holocaust and other genocides under a bipartisan bill signed into law this past spring. In an effort to give educators the tools they need to discuss these topics with students, the UW–Madison School of …
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) is launching a national tour of its mixed-media, collaborative dance theater work, “Here Lies the Truth,” in August. On Aug. 13, LCPD will present an excerpt from “Here Lies the Truth” at the Asia Pacific Dance Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. A discussion about the work’s theme will take place following the …
School of Education alumnus David J. O’Connor is a recipient of a 2022 Forward Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation. The Forward Award acknowledges rising stars in various fields who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea through an emphasis on service, discovery, and progress. Young alumni within 15 years of graduation who have demonstrated exceptional early-career achievement …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino is the author of a new paper that was published in a special issue of the journal Espacio, Tiempo y Educacion celebrating 50 years of the publication of Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” and Ivan Illich’s “Deschooling Society.” Baldacchino is a professor of art and education within the School of Education’s Art …
By Kari Dickinson An exhibition co-created by UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones opens on Monday, Aug. 8, at the Brooks Stevens Gallery at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD). Titled “Thresholds,” the exhibition addresses memory, identity, labor, and death through the photography-based work of Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, …
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, 10 student scholars took part in the Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These student scholars had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The students, who came to …
By WCER Communications WCER researcher Ross Benbow has received a second, larger grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to substantially expand his ongoing, mixed-methods study of the college experiences of undergraduate students who are military members or military veterans. The original project, funded by a three-year, $556,000 grant from NSF in 2019, focused on how …
UW–Madison alumna Nancy Lesko has been named the interim executive editor of the Teachers College (TC) Record, effective July 1. Lesko, who earned her master’s and PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the Maxine Greene Professor for Distinguished Contributions to Education and chair of the Department of Curriculum & …
UW–Madison’s Paris Wicker received a prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, which will allow her to further her work in studying the well-being of Black and Indigenous college students. “This is a dream project for me,” says Wicker, who has been determined to explore “who gets well in higher education and under what conditions” after working …