UW–Madison’s Mindi Thompson will receive the 2021 Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES) Award for Emerging Leadership in Psychology from the American Psychological Association. Thompson is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology. CSES Leadership Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of psychologists, students of psychology, and organizations which have made significant contributions to the …
The UW–Madison School of Education’s Academic Planning Council (APC) recently completed a self-study as mandated by Faculty Policies and Procedures 3.08, and its report is now available on the committee’s webpage. The APC is a governing committee responsible for approving program reviews, considering the long-term implications of new program planning and budgetary decisions, and ensuring that the …
The Discussion Project has released application information for two new sessions taking place virtually in fall 2021. This free, online course will support instructors in designing and implementing synchronous video conference discussion for classes of 40 or fewer students. The training consists of seven, two-hour synchronous sessions held via Zoom, each preceded by an hour of asynchronous …
Department of Theatre and Drama faculty members Baron Kelly and Mark H. are both slated to direct productions in Forward Theater’s upcoming 2021-22 season. 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. Mark H. is an assistant professor in …
Students in the Interdisciplinary Research in Education Sciences (IRES) program will present their final research presentations in a “student symposium” on Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., via Zoom. The IRES program offers undergraduate students opportunities for research internships on projects that use quantitative methods to investigate research questions relevant to education policy and …
By WCER Communications The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) invites applications for a new undergraduate research fellowship program funded through a generous contribution from Sue and George Krug and the UW–Madison School of Education’s Impact 2030 initiative. CRECE is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The program’s goal is to diversify …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt received the William Elgin Wickenden Award of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) on Thursday, July 29, for his article, “Broadening participation in the engineering professoriate: Influences on Allen’s journey in developing professorial intentions.” Burt is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Burt’s …
A research study that is co-led by UW–Madison’s Jung-hye Shin, Kevin Ponto, and Beth Fields focusing on the development of a novel home assessment tool to aid in modifying homes for people with disabilities has been awarded a grant from RRF Foundation for Aging. Shin, the principal investigator, and Ponto are associate professors with the School of Human Ecology’s Design Studies …
By Jill Schaefer Shakespeare wrote that “all the world’s a stage,” but what happens when your world is a pandemic living room and your stage is a computer monitor? If you’re Clare Arena Haden, lecturer for the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama (which is housed in the School of Education), you do …
The British Academy elected 84 new fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the SHAPE subjects — the social sciences, humanities, and the arts. And among this year’s cohort of new fellows is UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita with the School of Education who formerly held the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education. …