UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang is receiving the 2021 Outstanding Publication Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division J (Postsecondary Education) for her groundbreaking work, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways.” Released in April 2020, this book examines ways to improve the higher education landscape in an effort …
UW–Madison alumna Deniece Dortch is receiving the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Multicultural/Multiethnic Education special interest group (SIG). Dortch received her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2016. The purpose of this award is to recognize an …
UW–Madison alumna Jessie Nixon co-authored a blog post published by Sesame Workshop’s Joan Ganz Cooney Center that is titled, “Youth Voice for Teacher Empowerment.” Nixon earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Currently, she is an education engagement specialist at PBS Wisconsin Education focused on 3rd- through 12th-grade content. Nixon co-authored the …
New research from UW–Madison’s WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has appeared in a paper in Teaching and Teacher Education. The paper, titled “A close look at teacher learning: Why are teachers’ journeys so different?” was authored by Daniella Molle, an associate researcher at WIDA. Molle explains in the paper’s abstract: …
A new resource for educators of multilingual children is available from UW–Madison’s WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The WIDA Focus Bulletin, titled “Promoting Equity for Young Multilingual Children,” offers ideas for taking a language–focused approach to equitable caregiving and instructional practice in early childhood education (ECE) settings. It also highlights voices …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 30. UW-Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated …
A book review published in the Teachers College Record examines a recent publication from UW–Madison faculty member Anjalé Welton. Welton is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The review, by Carolyn Shields (Wayne State University), calls the book, titled “Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy,” a “must-read book for …
Kelsey Dayle John will be the next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Thursday, April 1, at noon. John is a member of the Navajo Nation and an assistant professor with a joint appointment in American Indian Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies at …
The work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is published in “Under the Southern Stars” from Te Tuhi, one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces. Abdu’Allah holds UW–Madison’s Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. “Under the Southern Stars” is a collection of texts that accompanied exhibitions curated …
UW–Madison student Nikhil Tiwari has been awarded a 2021 Graduate Research Grant from the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi. Tiwari is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. His research focuses on the languaging, literacies, and racialization of Asian Indian American youth. The $1,500 award will support Tiwari’s dissertation research, …