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Two with ties to School of Education are selected as 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellows

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Two scholars with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been selected as 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellows. UW–Madison graduate student Tyler Hook is pursuing a joint doctoral degree in educational policy studies and cultural anthropology. His research examines the intersections of race/racism, capitalism, and educational development. Hook’s dissertation, entitled “Corporatized Education: Reshaping …

SEED Festival by Li Chiao-Ping Dance returns June 19-25

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Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) announces the return of the company’s Summer Exploratory Experimental Dance Intensive and Performance Festival (SEED Festival) from June 19-25 in Oregon and Madison. Li Chiao-Ping, the artistic director of Li Chiao-Ping Dance, is the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department. This year, the SEED …

UW–Madison’s Burt to join editorial board for Teachers College Record

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UW–Madison’s Brian Burt, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of the Teachers College Record for a three-year term beginning in June 2022. The Teachers College Record (TCR) is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the …

‘Evolving Graphic Design’ exhibition on view through June 24

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A new exhibition from UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn, “Evolving Graphic Design,” will be on view from May 24 – June 24 in the Art Lofts and Backspace Gallery (111 N Frances Street) at UW–Madison. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. She is the founding director of the project Evolving Graphic Design, which …

Hess to serve as UW–Madison’s interim provost

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Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, will become UW–Madison’s interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs on June 1. That’s when Provost John Karl Scholz assumes the interim chancellor position. Hess will return to her dean role when Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin formally assumes …

Matthews named School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion

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Percival Matthews will be the UW–Madison School of Education’s next associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, Dean Diana Hess announced following a recently completed search. Matthews has served as interim associate dean since Aug. 1, 2021, and will begin his new role on June 1. “We are thrilled that Professor Matthews has agreed to take …

Four faculty members with School of Education receive fellowships

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Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty members, including four from the School of Education, were recently awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for 2022-23. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences, and biological sciences. “These awards provide an opportunity for campus to recognize …

Schmidt named next director of UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center

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Tessa Michaelson Schmidt was recently named the next director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Schmidt will start in this role July 25, and will provide leadership and vision for the CCBC and its team of librarians, which are known for:  promoting increased diversity of children’s and …

UW–Madison’s Fields receives American Occupational Therapy Foundation Early-Career Award

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UW–Madison’s Beth Fields, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, was recently awarded an American Occupational Therapy Foundation Early-Career Research Excellence Award. Fields conducts health services and implementation research with a focus on geriatric and caregiving outcomes. She is the principal investigator of an R03 Small Research Grant and Clinical Research …

‘Peer Share’ project with School of Education ties wins 2022-23 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship

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A project with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education is one of seven that have been awarded 2022-23 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships. Now in its 24th year, Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are awarded annually to UW–Madison undergraduate projects working to address issues identified by local or global communities. Fellowships are awarded to semester- or year-long projects …