By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) Director Courtney Bell has appointed WCER researcher and associate professor of higher education Brian Burt to lead WCER’s path-breaking Wei LAB one year after he became its assistant director and nearly 15 years since he first used the LAB’s programs to help him succeed as a Black PhD student at …
UW–Madison alumna Julie Jackson is the author of a new book, “The Spectacular Theatre of Frank Joseph Galati: Reshaping American Theatre in Chicago, Illinois,” published by Bloomsbury in July 2022. Jackson, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama in 2003, says the book began with research for her dissertation. At the …
Diagrams commonly used to teach chemistry concepts sometimes do more harm than good in students’ learning experiences, according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Martina Rau. The study, published in Journal of Chemical Education, found that undergraduate students often misinterpreted the meaning of arrows used in chemistry diagrams to convey information about things like the structure …
Experts in politics, civic education, and media literacy will gather at UW–Madison later this month to provide a day of training and support for educators preparing to teach about the 2022 midterm elections. The Teaching About the 2022 Elections conference acknowledges that educators face a unique challenge in teaching about elections this year. As the midterms draw …
Tandem Press is thrilled to host an outdoor screening of the documentary “David Lynch: The Art Life” this September, in conjunction with a reception for its new gallery exhibition opening Sept. 6, “Enigma: The Prints of David Lynch.” The reception and screening will take place on Friday, Sept. 23, from 5 – 8:30 p.m. The …
UW–Madison alumna Ann Dallman published the second book in her award-winning middle-grade series — the Cady Whirlwind Thunder Mysteries — in June. Dallman earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism education from the School of Education in 1970. The series follows the adventures of Cady Whirlwind Thunder, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage who is attending …
UW–Madison’s Andrea Harris is the author of a new article that was published in Dance Research Journal, titled “Blanche Evan’s ‘Film Studies of the Dance’: The ‘Technique Problem’ and the Creation of New Forms in 1930s Revolutionary Dance.” Harris is an associate professor and chair of the School of Education’s Dance Department. Harris’s article examines …
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing in another large, talented, and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2022-23 academic year — the School …
UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, an assistant professor of graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, is the recipient of the 2022 Educator Award from the Society of Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD). The SEGD Educator Award recognizes academic members who have demonstrated the cultivation and practice of design across the organization’s practice areas, including interaction …
A paper by UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly was published in a recent issue of The Harold Pinter Review: Essays on Contemporary Drama. Kelly is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, and holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies. Kelly’s paper, titled “Adrienne …