By Laurel White When you ask Percival Matthews to define “civic science,” he doesn’t have a simple answer. One way to embrace the idea of civic science, Matthews explains, is to begin any scientific endeavor with the knowledge that you are a person as well as a scientist — a person who was born and …
Three faculty from the School of Education are among the 32 extraordinary members of the UW–Madison faculty who have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. senator, and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Douglas Rosenberg, a professor in the Art Department, was named to a Vilas …
UW–Madison’s Taekyeom Lee, an assistant professor of graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, is spearheading a new course that is titled, “Graphic Design for Accessibility.” According to the syllabus, enrolled students will learn how to design for accessibility with various prototyping skills using digital fabrication and user testing. Lee’s creation of this …
By Laurel White The reasons we teach science in America are largely myths, according to a new book from a UW–Madison School of Education professor. In “Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should),” professor John Rudolph argues decades of misconceptions have fueled the idea that science education spurs economic growth and builds crucial everyday …
Colleen Larsen’s dissertation, “Dreams beyond Safety: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Refugee Students at Two-Year Public Colleges in Wisconsin,” has won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Larsen earned her master’s from UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education program in the School of Education’s …
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. …