By Rachel Carrier, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies “Capturing the beautiful, dynamic, and sometimes sorrowful moments nature has to offer is no easy feat and takes a careful eye. The woman behind the lens, Tomiko Jones, is an assistant professor of photography, housed in the School of Education, who explores the geography of changing …
For the 10th straight year, UW–Madison’s School of Education has been ranked among the top five education schools in the country, according to the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School Rankings released Tuesday. This year, the School of Education moved up two spots and landed in a tie for third. Additionally, 10 …
Kate Vieira, the Susan J. Cellmer Distinguished Chair in Literacy and a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, recently won the Kay W. Levin Award for Short Nonfiction from the Wisconsin Writers Awards. The award was given for Vieira’s Guernica Magazine piece, “Someone Else’s Language,” published in June 2022. “Someone …
In 2021, Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was awarded a Theories of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Racialization in Research to Reduce Inequality in the Lives of Young People Writing Fellowship from the William T. Grant Foundation. The fellowship is a new, one-time …
UW–Madison alumna Elisa Castillo will be the first to fill a new senior-level role created by Salem State University to prepare the university to better serve students of color. Castillo has been named assistant vice president of Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority Serving Institution (MSI) initiatives, a role she will assume in July 2023. …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was honored as a Jockey Community Hero at the Milwaukee Bucks game on Saturday, March 4. Grant came to Madison as a graduate student in 1969. He completed his PhD in curriculum and instruction in 1972, then joined the faculty …
By Sofie Schachter Dodgeball. Tag. Hula hooping. Capture the flag. This is what many people remember when they think back to their physical education experiences in school. But Cindy Kuhrasch, the program coordinator for UW–Madison’s BS in Physical Education (PE) program, is working to change that perception one student and class at a time. Kuhrasch …
UW–Madison’s Mollie McQuillan, an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, received the Emerging Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division A, which focuses on administration, organization, and leadership. McQuillan’s work examines the intersection of educational policy, social relationships, and health of gender-expansive students and educators. This award …
By Kari Dickinson University Theatre is gearing up for its upcoming production of “Macbeth,” Shakespeare’s haunting tale of ambition and madness, opening April 20 in the Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre. This vigorous new production, directed by guest artist C. Julian White and featuring a talented cast of UW–Madison students, aims to lay bare the dark …
Two faculty members with UW–Madison’s School of Education have been selected as Outstanding Reviewers for 2022 by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA is a national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education, encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public. …