By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Christine Pfund, director of WCER’s Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research, and three other experts on mentorship share some of what they’ve learned in a recent article for the Harvard Business Review titled, “Don’t Let Mentoring Burn You Out.” The article begins by explaining how the nature of mentorship contains within it …
A team from UW–Madison co-authored an article that was published in the Journal of Dance Education, titled “Interdisciplinary Integration: Linking Differentiated P(arts) to Create Accessible Dance Experiences.” The article — written by Kate Corby, a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department and chair of the School’s Department of Theatre and Drama; Mariah Meyer LeFeber, an outreach …
A new report released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit focused on unearthing and disseminating education data, found the average full-time college student does not attempt enough courses to earn a bachelor’s degree in five years. The report also found the average college student only earns credit or a passing grade in 75% of …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) researchers are partnering with Hmong American faculty and undergraduates across the state to study and find solutions for the underrepresentation in STEM classes and the STEM workforce of Hmong Americans, who make up Wisconsin’s largest Asian American population. Funded by a new four-year, $2.2 million racial …
UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III, a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a recipient of a 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The fellowship annually awards 15 artists working in the evolving fields of painting and sculpture with $60,000 each in unrestricted funds, distributed over a five-year period. In addition to the …
UW–Madison alumna Kimberly Oamek, an incoming assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at UW Oshkosh, has been selected to participate in the inaugural “Inquiry Initiative” sponsored by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE). Oamek holds a PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, from which she graduated in May 2022. The …
UW–Madison’s Martina Rau is one of the most productive researchers in the world in her field, according to an analysis just published in Educational Psychology Review. The analysis also ranked UW–Madison among the top 10 institutions globally for educational psychology research productivity. The study examined the number of research publications in the educational psychology journals Cognition and Instruction, Contemporary …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications You may be most familiar with what WCER Technical Services can do when your computer won’t start, you need new software, or your password won’t update, and that’s important work. But it only scratches the surface of the different types of work that Tech Services can do for projects at WCER. With …
UW–Madison PhD students CJ Greer and Deonte Iverson were both recently selected as University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Jackson Scholars for 2022-24. This two-year program provides formal networking, mentoring, and professional development for graduate students of color who intend to become professors of educational leadership. Greer and Iverson are both PhD students with the School of …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. This story originally appeared at news.wisc.edu. Michael Velliquette: Assistant professor of foundations, Art Department, School of Education Website: www.velliquette.com Instagram: @michaelvelliquette Hometown: Bradenton, Florida Educational/professional background: MFA UW–Madison, 2000; …