Ann Wallace, who dedicated her career to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a steadfast advocate for the university’s academic staff, died on Aug. 4 from complications related to cancer. Apart from brief stints in New York City and Santa Cruz, California, Wallace spent her entire professional career at UW–Madison. She started in the Department …
UW–Madison graduate students Xinyu Guan and Ghipsel Cibrian López, both pursuing doctoral degrees in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, have been selected as EdFund State School Finance Fellows. The State School Finance Fellowship is a highly selective, cohort-based program for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars interested in the intersection …
Office of Research & Scholarship Communications Researchers from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education and partner Universities of Wisconsin campuses have published new findings that explore how instructors and advisors support HMoob (Hmong)* students in STEM fields amid changing political and institutional conditions. The new study, “Researching, …
By Laurel White In a new commentary, a School of Education faculty member offers fellow scholars a guide to responding to questions that challenge their scholarly inquiry — and humanity. Brian Burt, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei …
Five students from the UW–Madison School of Education’s Dance Department spent three weeks in New York City this summer participating in intensive coursework at the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at the 92nd Street Y, a nationally recognized training and professional learning program for dance educators. Supported through fully funded fellowships and scholarships, the students spent …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A study team led by UW–Madison education researcher Michal Avera Samuel will use a $45,300 private grant to examine how parents of Black-Jewish children support identity and belonging in early childhood — with findings to help Jewish educators build more inclusive and affirming learning environments for …
“Leave Your Baggage at the Door,” a focused retrospective featuring 22 paintings by UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III, a professor of drawing and painting and chair of the Art Department in the School of Education, will be on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin, through Oct. 11. The exhibition brings …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), a center within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Education, has received the 2026 Margo Murray Award for Excellent Results in Mentoring at the Societal Level from the International Mentoring …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications A new annotated bibliography published by Oxford Bibliographies in Education is reshaping how scholars and practitioners approach evaluation in Indigenous contexts — centering Indigenous knowledge systems, ethical practices, and global perspectives. Among its authors is Nicole Bowman (Lunaape/Mohican), a researcher with the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) at the …
UW–Madison’s Aly Amidei, an associate professor of costume design in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, has been nominated for a 2026 Equity Joseph Jefferson (Jeff) Award for Costume Design in the Midsize category. Amidei earned the nomination for her costume design work on the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble production of “Georgiana and …