UW-Madison’s Department of Theatre and Drama presents their production of “Julius Caeser,” by William Shakespeare, through March 8. The play follows “a country riven by polarization” and “a resistance pushing its ideals to an extreme action.” The University Theatre, with diverse and gender-bending casting, presents “an ancient story that feels all too modern.” Performances started …
UW-Madison’s Erica Turner, a faculty member with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently wrote a new book, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality.” Turner’s work notes that American public schools have been enrolling more students identified as black, Latinx, American Indian, and Asian than white students over the past …
UW-Madison’s Brett Nachman served as the lead author on a case study exploring campus climates for autistic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) college students. Nachman is doctoral candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The article is titled ” ‘Whose Liability Is It Anyway?’ Cultivating an Inclusive College …
UW-Madison’s Andrea Ruppar was recently named an inaugural co-editor of a new research-to-practice journal called Inclusive Practices. Ruppar is an associate professor of special education with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. The journal is published by Sage, and is a publication of TASH, an international leader in disability advocacy. Inclusive …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications An errant paper airplane, and a teacher’s insightful response to it, led to one of the best examples of successful play-based learning in a classroom that Angela Pyle, a faculty member in early childhood education at the University of Toronto, has witnessed in her extensive research. Termed “inquiry play,” it’s …
Carlyn Mueller was recently selected to receive an Outstanding Dissertation Award from an American Educational Research Association (AERA) special interest group (SIG). She is being recognized by the Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG for her dissertation, “Beyond Stigma: Disability Identity in School Contexts.” Mueller, whose research is informed by her personal experience as a …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts announced its 2020 Awards in the Creative Arts and two faculty members from the School of Education garnered recognition. Fred Stonehouse, a professor with the Art Department, received the Creative Arts Award, while Leslie Smith III, an associate professor with the Art Department, earned the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative …
UW-Madison’s Xueli Wang has spent much of her academic career examining ways to improve the higher education landscape in an effort to help college students find their path to a better life. Wang’s research puts a particular emphasis on students who start out at two-year colleges with an eye on transferring to a four-year institution …
Chris Walker’s “Banana Man” will be performed by Amansu Eason at the Moving Inspirations Dance Festival at the Gas Station Arts Centre in Winnipeg on Feb. 29. Walker is a professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. The Moving Inspirations Dance Festival is a gathering of dance makers or dancers of African, culturally diverse, and …
James Patterson, the world’s top-selling author of the past 20 years, will give the charge to graduates as keynote speaker for spring commencement at UW-Madison. Joining him on stage will be this year’s alumni speaker, John Felder, a retired labor union administrator and one of the primary organizers of the Black Student Strike of 1969 at UW–Madison. …