What a year it has been! Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we faced challenges that few could have envisioned. Despite 2020 being such a unique year, our School of Education has retained its sense of optimism — and a belief in big ideas. As 2020 draws to a close, let’s take …
The UW–Madison School of Education is welcoming 16 new faculty members to campus during the upcoming 2020-21 academic year, which is one of the largest cohorts to sign on with the School since its founding in 1930. “What makes our School so unique and outstanding is the depth and breadth of outstanding faculty members across …
A project led by UW–Madison’s Stephen Quintana that’s designed to strengthen mental health services for Madison’s Latinx community is receiving a $1 million grant over the next five years from the Wisconsin Partnership Program. “The grant addresses ethnic and racial disparities in access to culturally and linguistically competent mental health services by Spanish-speaking and bilingual members of …
The benefits associated with staying active are widely understood, with physical activity being shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression, to name only a few. “If there was a pill that produced all the benefits of exercise, it would be a very easy sell,” says Lisa Cadmus- Bertram, an assistant …
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry, an award-winning author and cartoonist with the School of Education’s Art Department, received a prestigious 2019 MacArthur Fellowship in September. The MacArthur Fellowships, often referred to as “genius grants,” include a stipend of $625,000 to the recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over five years. Fellows are selected by the John …
Jan. 6, 2020 Courtney Bell will become the next director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess announced on Monday, Jan. 6. Bell, who is currently a principal research scientist with Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private, nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization, will begin her …
UW–Madison’s Noah Feinstein is the lead author on a new article published in the journal Climate Policy that explains how education can play an important role in helping society adapt to a changing climate. Feinstein is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The co-author on the report is …
UW–Madison’s Mindi Thompson was part of a task force appointed by the American Psychological Association (APA) that wrote new “APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice for People with Low-Income and Economic Marginalization.” Thompson, an associate professor with the Department of Counseling Psychology and the clinical training director of the Ph.D. program in health service psychology, was …
A book from UW–Madison’s John Rudolph was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2019. Rudolph’s book is titled, “How We Teach Science: What’s Changed, and Why It Matters,” which was published by Harvard University Press. Rudolph, a professor and chair of the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is an expert …
Natalie Zervou received the First Book Program award through the Center of the Humanities at UW-Madison to complete her manuscript “Choreographing the Greek Crisis: Performing National Identity in the Age of Austerity.” This award provides support to junior faculty in the humanities so that they may complete their manuscript projects. Zervou is an assistant professor with …