February 25, 2020
Carlyn Mueller is receiving an Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA's Special and Inclusive Education Research SIG. Her dissertation is titled, “Beyond Stigma: Disability Identity in School Contexts.” Mueller, whose research is informed by her personal experience as a disabled scholar, will be joining the School of Education prior to the fall 2020 semester as an assistant professor with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education.
February 24, 2020
UW-Madison's Xueli Wang, a professor with our Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the author of a new book that is being called a "must-read primer for improving and diversifying STEM pathways." Wang's work is titled, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways.”
February 21, 2020
Brian Burt’s scholarship in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion is in part an extension of the important efforts King led as a pioneer and advocate in this domain, inspiring generations of people. "I am extremely humbled by this recognition,” says the assistant professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
February 20, 2020
UW-Madison’s Lei Zheng, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will receive the Graduate Student Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Critical Issues in Cultural Studies special interest group (SIG).
February 13, 2020
On Friday, Jan. 31, the School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato.
February 10, 2020
UW-Madison’s LaVar Charleston will be delivering a keynote address at the 2020 High Impact Practices (HIPS) in the States Conference, which is being hosted by Texas A&M University Feb. 18-21. Charleston is the School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion.
January 28, 2020
The Bubbler, in collaboration with UW-Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and MMSD’s Foundations Central graduation recovery program, presents an art exhibition by Madison youth. "Urban Bubble" is currently showing at the Overture Center for the Arts’ Rotunda Gallery, until Jan. 31.
January 16, 2020
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.
January 16, 2020
When Jenny Willims first signed up for a study abroad experience in Colombia led by two School of Education faculty members, she admits be being both “excited and nervous” about the opportunity.
January 9, 2020
Haleigh Slack, a UW-Madison senior who is double majoring in elementary and special education, interned as an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher and administrative assistant at Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano in Guayaquil, Ecuador during the summer of 2019.