Over 80 UW–Madison students, from first-year to doctoral students, will be involved in the production of this popular musical. They’ll participate in various forms — from singer-actors, to instrumentalists, to stage crew, to designers. “Into the Woods,” created by Stephen Sondheim, connects popular fairytales to tell the story of familiar characters — including Cinderella, Jack …
Now a ninth and 10th-grade English teacher at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois, Farrow earned her undergraduate degree in English education from the School of Education in 2006. Following a highly competitive process, 32 educators were selected as finalist for the award, out of over 550 nominations. The award honors outstanding …
Barry is an award-winning author and cartoonist with the School of Education’s Art Department. The associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art. Describing her alternative comics as “gloriously wild,” Comicsverse details her long and prolific career, starting with “Ernie Pook’s Comeek,” which was originally published without her knowledge in 1978. …
UW–Madison employs over 2,000 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines where they are an integral part of the Wisconsin Experience. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the excellence of TAs across campus, the Graduate School supports the College of Letters & …
The 39-year-old is one of eight UW–Madison alumni under the age of 40 who are living the Wisconsin Idea, leveraging the benefits of their education to better their cities, states, nation, and even the world. Charleston received both his master’s degree (2007) and Ph.D. (2010) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and …
And among the people WKOW interviewed is UW–Madison’s Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, who is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Cadmus-Bertram tells WKOW that its important to get outside after being cooped up for several days, like many Madison residents were during the recent polar vortex. She notes, “The combination of cold temperatures …
The paper is titled “Systematic Review of Symptom Assessment Measures for Use in Measurement-Based Care of Bipolar Disorder,” and it appears in the journal Psychiatric Services. 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. The lead author on …
This award recognizes Chávez-Moreno’s dissertation, “A Critical Race Ethnography Examining Dual-language Education in the New Latinx Diaspora: Reinforcing and Resisting Bilingual Education’s Roots.” Chávez-Moreno earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction this past summer. Her dissertation is a critical race ethnography of a secondary dual-language (DL) program …
Every other week, it will share insights into the latest arts news and events happening on campus. The first posts introduce more than 30 UW galleries, and a Black History Month tradition, “Moonshine.” Associate Professor of Dance, Artistic Director of First Wave, and Artistic Director of NuMoRune Collaborative Chris Walker will direct the annual “Moonshine” events this February as a part of …
Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of higher Education and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is also the director and chief research scientist of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Noting that it is long overdue, Black News says this comprehensive book “acts …