UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has been named the 2021 “Indian Educator of the Year” by the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA). O’Connor earned a master’s degree in 2013 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is currently an education consultant with the American Indian Studies Program in the Wisconsin Department of Public …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan has been named the Max Kade Visiting Professor at the Institut für Bildungswissenshaft (Institute for Education Science) at the University of Heidelberg for the fall 2021 semester. Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Kaplan has held numerous visiting scholar positions and …
UW–Madison alumnae Saili Kulkarni and Sunyoung Kim were awarded a Racial Equity Special Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation for their project, titled “Playing Together: Using Learning Labs to Reduce Exclusionary Disciplinary Practices for Young Children of Color with Disabilities.” Both Kulkarni and Kim earned their PhDs in Special Education from the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and …
UW–Madison alumna Erin Schroeder is one of six Wisconsin educators named as finalists for the 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Schroeder is a mathematics teacher at Waunakee Community High School, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The awards, presented …
Recent UW–Madison graduate Courtney Kopchinski (BFA Dance, 2021) will present her senior honors concert, “(begin)ning,” at two locations on Saturday, May 22, and Sunday, May 23. “(begin)ning” is a collaborative concert consisting of five works created with varying artists and audiences. The collaborative aspect of the works stemmed from a desire to understand the true nature of the …
Hannah Glenn, a doctoral student in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, was awarded “Best in Show” in UW–Madison’s 2021 Digital Salon showcase. Glenn submitted her rapidly growing Instagram account (@bipoc_mentalhealth) that shares mental health information targeted at BIPOC communities. Glenn said in her artist’s statement that her clinical interests encompass “providing culturally competent …
UW–Madison’s Linn Posey-Maddox, Maxine McKinney de Royston, and Rachel A. Johnson are among the authors of an article published in the Harvard Educational Review that is titled, “No Choice is the ‘Right’ Choice: Black Parents’ Educational Decision-Making in Their Search for a ‘Good’ School.” Posey-Maddox is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of …
The grants team in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research invites all researchers and project managers to attend an online presentation on Other Support, on Wednesday, May 26, from 2 – 3 p.m. The presentation will include: guidelines for Other Support information, specific requirements for individual funders, and UW–Madison’s Other Support policy. The workshop will …
Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have published an article in the journal, Surgery, that is titled, “Attending’s instructional methods as exhibited during intraoperative takeovers.” The study is the result of a collaboration between the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology and the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Martha Godfrey, the …
UW–Madison’s John B. Diamond and Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr. have been awarded grants from the Spencer Foundation. Diamond holds the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He received a Racial Equity Special Research Grant for his project, “How White Educators Learn About Race and Work Toward Racial Justice.” …