Category: School News

Barson, Rodriguez welcomed as spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence

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UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts welcomes Ben Barson and Gizelxanath Rodriguez as the spring 2020 Interdisciplinary Artists-in-Residence. Both Barson and Roodriguez are musicians, artivists (artists and activists), environmentalists, and co-founders of the Afro Yaqui Music Collective. Together, they will teach the course “Artivism: Intercultural Solidarity & Decolonizing Performance.” Students will investigate the theory, practice, multidisciplinary, and intercultural …

Dance Department presents 2020 faculty concert

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The School of Education’s Dance Department is hosting its annual faculty concert Feb. 6-8 and Feb. 13-15 at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. The concert will feature the work of guest artist Seán Curran, who makes dance “with the sharp intelligence of a conceptualist (Boston Globe)” that is the “equivalent of a night of invigorating …

Li Chiao-Ping Dance presents ‘Dancing the Chazen’

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Li-Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) is presenting “Dancing the Chazen,” the fourth and fifth events in the 2019-20 series “7DaysDancing.” “7DaysDancing” is a seven-part program of free, live art experiences aiming to activate community spaces in new, inventive, and inviting ways. This series features site-specific works utilizing the UW–Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, meant to guide the …

WIDA receives $4 million grant to support multilingual learners with cognitive disabilities

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By Katie Stenz, WIDA Educational tools and resources for assessing a small but important group of students, multilingual learners challenged with the most significant cognitive disabilities, now will become reality thanks to a U.S. Department of Education grant worth nearly $4 million. The Advancing Alternate English Language Learning Assessment (ALTELLA): Alternate Assessment Redesign project is …

‘Urban Bubble’ exhibition showing through Jan. 31

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The Bubbler, in collaboration with UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Foundations Central graduation recovery program, presents an art exhibition by Madison youth titled, “Urban Bubble.” Over a nine-week course held in the Madison Central Public Library’s Bubbler Room, “Urban Bubble” is the culmination of conversations and productions that celebrated identity, excellence, …

UW-Madison’s Lee, Bartlett named incoming editors of Anthropology and Education Quarterly

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UW–Madison’s Stacey Lee and Lesley Bartlett were recently named incoming editors for Anthropology and Education Quarterly (AEQ), a journal of the American Anthropological Association. Bartlett and Lee are both professors with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Diana Rodriguez Gomez, an assistant professor with the Department, was named an associate editor of AEQ. …

Elected to educate: Baruah fights for accessible and equitable public education

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UW–Madison’s Samantha Baruah, the associate director of the School of Education’s Teacher Education Center, has been working for the past 11 years to make education more accessible and equitable on a local and national scale. Born in Vietnam, Baruah and her mother immigrated to the United States in 1980 as political refugees. She was two years …

UW-Madison’s Nachman to be honored with Cross Future Leaders Award

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UW–Madison’s Brett Ranon Nachman is one of seven students from across the country to be honored with a K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Nachman is a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The 2020 recipients were chosen in …

Badger Volunteers registration opens Jan. 24

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On Friday, Jan. 24, registration for Badger Volunteers will be open to all UW–Madison students. Badger Volunteers is a semester-long program that pairs teams of students with community organizations (schools, nonprofits, municipalities) to volunteer one to four hours each week at the same organization. The program is designed to foster meaningful and consistent connections between community partners …

UW-Madison’s Louie receiving Early Career Publication Award from AERA SIG

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UW–Madison’s Nicole Louie is receiving the Early Career Publication Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Research in Mathematics Education Special Interest Group (SIG). Louie, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is being honored for her 2018 paper, “Culture and ideology in mathematics teacher noticing,” published in the …