University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Lee-Johnson sets sights on career as critical scholar and advocate for students of color

“I wanted to go back to school so I could do more to impact higher education and see people thrive,” Lee-Johnson says. Having participated in pre-college programs in high school, she was interested in working with students of color and underrepresented populations, and conducting research to improve college access and retention. Research with purpose Lee-Johnson researched …

UW-Madison’s Jackson, alum Frazier showcased in Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and the 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. Frazier, the athletic director at Northern Illinois University, earned a master’s degree from …

UW–Madison’s Baldridge both a youth worker and community-based educator

But she serves another role, as a community-based educator. An assistant professor in the School of Education, Baldridge teaches in the Department of Educational Policy Studies. She was selected as a recipient of a 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award and is the inaugural recipient of the Excellence in Community-based Learning award. While the award recognizes the recipients as the …

UW–Madison researchers publish, ‘Exploring the Situated and Cultural Aspects of Communication in the Professions’

Co-authors included UW-Madison’s Bailey Smolarek, Kelly Norris Martin of the Rochester Institute of Technology, and UW-Madison’s Luke Scrivener. The study is titled, “Exploring the Situated and Cultural Aspects of Communication in the Professions: Implications for Teaching, Student Employability, and Equity in Higher Education.” This report explains how skills, like communication, are defined and used is …

Apple delivers commencement speech for teacher education program at University of Crete

Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Policy Studies. Apple also recently delivered the opening keynote address at the Conference on Democratic Education in Ankara, Turkey. His presentation was titled, “Building and Defending Democratic Schools.” In addition, his book, “Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender Relations in …