By Wisconsin Center for Education Research Communications UW–Madison’s Courtney Bell is one of 15 experts selected nationwide to serve on a new, ad-hoc committee created by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to make STEM learning in the PreK–12 system equitable. Chosen from more than 350 nominations, committee members …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the author of a new book that is titled, “James Baldwin and the American Schoolhouse.” The book — written for teacher educators, teachers, and admirers of James Baldwin — employs James Baldwin’s essays and speeches to discuss how the …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was elected as president of the Psychometric Society. The Psychometric Society was founded in 1935 and is devoted to the advancement of quantitative methodology in the behavioral sciences. Kaplan holds affiliate appointments in UW–Madison’s Department of Population …
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies that is titled, “Teaching the U.S. 2018 midterm elections: a survey of secondary social studies teachers.” Stoddard is a professor and chair of the secondary education program in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. …
Audiences can expect a new way to experience dance in UW–Madison Professor Jin-Wen Yu’s latest body of work, “Non Ordinary.” This visually striking, thought-provoking concert of contemporary dance will take place at the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall on the UW–Madison campus Nov. 18-20. In “Non Ordinary,” Yu explores the concept of shifting perspectives …
UW–Madison’s Stephanie Budge was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). Budge is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology. She is also the faculty director of the Advancing Health Equity and Diversity program in the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. According to the APA website: “Fellow status is …
UW–Madison alumnus Roberto Torres Mata is one of the organizers of the 2021 Día de los Muertos Community Altar Project on display at the Overture Center for the Arts through Sunday, Nov. 14. Torres Mata has been involved with the Community Altar Project since last year, when he was a student in the School of Education’s Art Department. …
The notorious rake Don Juan defies conventional morality with his scandalous affairs, deceitful behavior, and blasphemy. Can the libertine’s soul be redeemed or do the gates of Hell beckon? Find out in the UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama’s new production of “Don Juan,” by the French playwright Moliére, to be presented from Nov. 4-21 in …
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is a panelist in the international webinar, “The S Word: Stanislavsky and Gender,” co-hosted by the Stanislavsky Research Centre at the University of Leeds, and the School of Performing Arts, University of Malta. Kelly is a professor in the Department of Theatre and Drama, and also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in the Division of Continuing Studies. …
UW–Madison’s Julie Mead is now serving as president of the Education Law Association (ELA), a role she started during the organization’s annual conference Oct. 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas. Mead is a professor emerita with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her research focuses on topics related to the legal aspects of education, …