Loeser is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. Loeser designs and constructs unique functional and dysfunctional objects, always drawing on the history of design and object making. He has worked on numerous public commissions and site-specific installations. Loeser’s work can be seen anywhere from Madison’s public library to notable museums across the country. …
Narita, who authored the book, earned her master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 1997, after earning her bachelor’s degree in Spanish and sociology in 1995. Kaufman, who illustrated the book, earned her undergraduate degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1994. The Mathical awards are hosted by …
Research shows that, for the first time in more than two decades, members of both political parties have strongly unfavorable opinions of their opponents. Often, people end up congregating almost exclusively with others who share the same demographic profiles. Luckily, though, many at UW–Madison are actively seeking, encouraging, and developing the ability to discuss difficult …
Graue is the Sorenson Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the director of the Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE). The Journal Sentinel explains how a Wisconsin program, Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR), started during the 1996-97 school year. Money from the AGR program can be spent on …
Thangaraj earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2018. Thangaraj’s dissertation examines global policy efforts to combat child labor on the historical silk hand-looms of Kanchipuram, India, by moving children off of the looms and into schools. Her dissertation, “Silk, School, and Special Economic Zones (SEZs): The reconstruction …
This work was published by the journal Psychiatric Services Today and is titled, “Mental Health Treatment Delay: A Comparison Among Civilians and Veterans of Different Service Eras.” Goldberg is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, and he is an affiliate with the university’s Center for Healthy Minds. Goldberg’s study compared delay …
Stanford Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in educational administration with the School of Education. The State Journal reports that Stanford Taylor’s experience of desegregation growing up in the south inspired her to a career in education, stating that it has driven her desire to create equitable learning environments …
This year’s honorees were Assistant Professor Bianca J. Baldridge, Educational Policy Studies; graduate student Mariela Quesada Centeno; Associate Professor Jennifer Young Choe Edgoose, Family Medicine & Community Health; Melissa Metoxen, Academic Support Coordinator for the Native American Center for Health Professions; and English Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson. “This annual reception is a wonderful opportunity to call out just a few …
One faculty member each from the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, and biological sciences is selected from nominations by department chairs. And one of this year’s winner’s is Dance Department Professor Jin-Wen Yu, who is receiving the Hilldale Award in the Arts and Humanities for the 2018-19 academic year. Each winner will be awarded …
Mead is the School of Education’s association dean for education and is a professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Charter schools, first implemented in the 1990s, have grown to account for 6 percent of the total number of students enrolled in public schools across the country. Although states do not always …