By Laurel White Black women seek out, build, and maintain vibrant communities of support in order to survive and thrive in college and other higher education environments, according to a new book from a School of Education faculty member. The book, “The Chosen We: Black Women’s Empowerment in Higher Education,” is built upon oral histories …
By Sofie Schachter UW–Madison alumnus Andrew Sokol, a 2022 graduate of the School of Education’sPhysical Education Teacher Education program, pioneered an adaptive physical education program in his Oak Creek, Wisconsin, elementary school that has now spread throughout the district. Students in the program receive an extra day of PE each week, catered specifically to their …
By Kari Dickinson When audiences enter the Mitchell Theatre for University Theatre’s newest production, “Wine in the Wilderness,” they may be surprised to see a camera crew setting up as if to film a television show. “We’ve set it in a TV studio,” says director Mark Hairston (Mark H.), an assistant professor in the School …
The editor-in-chief and coeditors of the journal Educational Researcher (ER), including UW–Madison’s Anjalé (AJ) Welton, have shared a vision for their term (2024-2026) in an Editors’ Introduction, now available online. Welton, a coeditor of ER, is the Rupple-Bascom Professor of Education and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her …
By Laurel White The UW–Madison School of Education is now an official partner of the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), an organization that supports research that directly benefits human health. The School of Education joins a roster of ICTR partners at UW–Madison that includes the School of Medicine and Public …
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin hosted a reception at the Chazen Museum of Art recently for the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents that celebrated the history of glass on campus as a fusion of art, science, creativity, and innovation. The regents were on campus for Feb. 8–9 meetings. “The Chazen is really a tremendous crossroads for …
UW–Madison’s Lesley Bartlett is receiving the Egon G. Guba 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research. This honor is given by the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Qualitative Research special interest group (SIG). It recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to comparative ethnography and comparative case studies, especially those who advance the field …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) will present “I CHING 20 : On Seeing and Being Seen” March 7-9 in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall (1050 University Ave., Madison). The concert features five new dance performances by Li Chiao-Ping, the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor …
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) has released its “CCBC Choices 2024” — a best-of-the-year list created annually by the center’s librarians. The list recommends 238 books published in 2023 for children and teens from birth through high school age, organized by category in the publication with images, descriptions, and annotations. “CCBC Choices” is easily …
By Laurel White An upcoming lecture will honor the legacy of a former School of Education faculty member widely acknowledged as the founder of the contemporary field of exercise psychology. William P. Morgan was a faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and was affiliated with UW–Madison for 35 years. His research …