Dean Diana Hess named a new senior associate dean, in addition to announcing new associate deans for the arts, health, and education as the School of Education pulls together a new academic leadership team ahead of the 2021-22 academic year. Members of the new leadership team, who will begin their posts Aug. 23, 2021, are: …
This message was emailed to faculty, staff, and students across the School of Education on April 20, 2021 Dear School of Education students, staff, and faculty, Similar to the rest of the country, we are awaiting a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The trial has created a new level …
UW–Madison’s Brett Nachman authored two new papers published in academic journals. Nachman is a PhD candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The first paper, of which Nachman is first author, is titled “Brief Report: Autism-Specific College Support Programs: Differences Across Geography and Institutional Type,” and it was published in the …
Meixi will be the final speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Friday, April 23, at noon. Meixi is a Hokchiu learning scientist and former teacher who grew up with the Lahu tribe in northern Thailand. She is currently a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in American …
By Janet L. Kelly, WCER Communications A new report reveals second-year research findings from a unique study of current and former UW–Madison students of HMoob (Hmong)* descent, a population of students rarely researched in higher education. The qualitative study, based on the participation of nearly 100 members of the university’s HMoob American student community, focuses on how their ethnic studies …
What do we gain when we include diverse communities in the conversation on climate change? And what do we lose when we don’t? On Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m., scientists, engineers, experts and leaders from diverse backgrounds — including School of Education PhD students Dawn Crim and Yaa Oparebea Ampofo — bring their perspectives …
UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is among the panelists in an Earth Day event hosted by the 2021 Global Georgia Initiative public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia. The event will take place via Zoom at 4 pm Eastern time (3 …
UW–Madison’s Mark H. (a.k.a. The NeoGriot) was featured on Mar. 24 in the African Studies Program’s Africa at Noon series in a talk titled, “The Way of the NeoGriot: Towards a True African American Theater.” Mark H. is an assistant professor (acting and directing) in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, and an affiliate of the African …
The School of Education’s Global Engagement Office is hosting a talk with Paul Whitinui (Ngā Puhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī, Pākehā) on Thursday, Apr. 29, at noon, that is titled, “More than an Acknowledgement: Putting First Peoples First in the Academy.” Whitinui is from the Confederation of Tribes (He Whakaputanga O Te Rangatiratanga O Nu Tireni) in the …
UW–Madison student Sarah Lent and alumna Julie Kallio are both receiving 2021 awards from Division A (Administration, Organization, and Leadership) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Lent is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA). She is one of four recipients of Division A’s Foster-Polite Scholarship, a …