Growing up in Seoul, South Korea, Somi Hwang never considered herself a “gamer.” In fact, the graduate student with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction rarely played games — video, board, or otherwise. “It just wasn’t something I did,” she says. But after taking Game Design I and II classes led by …
Lianne Milton is a documentary photographer and photojournalist who is pursuing a master of fine arts degree through the School of Education’s Art Department. Milton explains that her work “examines the impact of socio-economic issues on race, class, and citizenship — from global migration to the lasting effects of poverty and violence — as well as …
Shehrose Charania is one of the first students to enroll in the new bachelor of science in Health Promotion and Health Equity (HPHE) degree program, which launched this past fall. Housed in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, the program is being run in collaboration with two other units within the School, the Department of …
Thoughts on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form from UW-Madison’s Ellie Bruecker were featured on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and in an EdSource.com report. Bruecker, a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, researches student loan borrowing and repayment, FAFSA filing, and the impact of high …
UW-Madison’s Dan Timm, Delaney Reilly, Haley Rohloff, and Stephanie Woodson presented “Integrating Indigenous history, culture, and tribal sovereignty into teaching physical education” during the poster session at the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education convention in Wisconsin Dells on Oct. 24. All four are associated with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Reilly and Rohloff are …
At the beginning of his senior year, the last place Samad Qawi would have expected to be on an October night is basketball practice with the Badgers. Qawi, a kinesiology major in the School of Education and pre-med student from Racine, Wisconsin, joins the team this year as a walk-on after standing out at an open tryout. …
UW-Madison’s Keith Miller Jr. recently published an article at Medium.com headlined “Confessions of an ‘At-Risk’ Black Boy Turned Educator.” Miller explains that it’s “a nine-minute read/journey to the center of my own trauma and experience as a Black body in the education system and the journey to leading the work in my community at the Deep …
The School of Education’s Brett Nachman is co-leading a campus workshop on Friday, Sept. 27 titled, “Universal Design for Learning: What, Why and How.” Nachman is a doctoral student with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He will be co-facilitating the event with Devin Wixon, an associate director of UW–Madison’s Delta Program, which is offering …
While observing heavy use of selfie apps such as Snapchat, UW–Madison graduate student Amy Niu found herself wondering about the effects that virtual makeovers have on college-age females. Apps such as Snapchat and others offer users photographic filters that change their look. In China, where Niu is originally from, apps similar to this are used …
UW-Madison’s Anthony Hernandez was awarded a prestigious 2019 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation Research Development Award. This award provides Hernandez, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Educational Policy Studies, with a stipend to use toward research expenses or professional development. It also includes travel to Washington, D.C., for the 2019 NAEd/Spencer Fall Fellows …