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Thu
Jun
22

Baker receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award

Extraordinary members of the UW-Madison faculty were honored during this past academic year with awards supported by the estate of professor, senator and regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). And among the 34 faculty members from across campus being recognized with a Vilas professorship is the School of Education’s Bernadette Baker. Baker, a professor with the No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction, was one of 11 faculty members to receive a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. These mid-career honors recognize research and teaching excellence, with the award providing flexible research funding for one year.
Thu
Jun
22

UW's Carl named Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellow by American Physiological Society

UW-Madison’s Alexandra Carl is one of six students from across the country to be named a 2017 Undergraduate Research Excellence Fellow (UGREF) by the American Physiological Society (APS). Fellowship recipients spend the summer in the laboratory of an established scientist and APS member, with the UGREF program recruiting undergraduate students worldwide. Carl conducts research with UW-Madison’s Jill Barnes, an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology.
Wed
Jun
21

Hess, Ladson-Billings to deliver keynotes at 36th annual Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium

UW-Madison is hosting the 36th annual Wisconsin Literacy Research Symposium June 22-23 at the Lowell Center. This annual event, formerly know as the Wisconsin Reading Research Symposium, is one of the strongest regional forums for nationally recognized researchers to share their cutting-edge work in the field of literacy education. In line with the Wisconsin Idea, the symposium is designed to benefit literacy educators from across the state. This year's theme is "The New Literary Studies 21 Years Later: Education as the Design of Social Futures." Two of the event's keynote speakers are from the School of Education: Dean Diana Hess and Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings.
Tue
Jun
20

Strength in numbers: New center improves research-mentoring relationships

The Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER), a new project at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research within the School of Education, works to improve research-focused mentoring relationships at all career stages in higher education.
Mon
Jun
19

UW-Madison's Winterstein to receive NATA Distinguished Educator Award

UW-Madison’s Andrew Winterstein is being awarded the 2017 Sayers “Bud” Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Executive Committee on Education. This prestigious honor recognizes individuals who follow Miller’s example and exemplify excellence in the field of athletic training education. Winterstein is a clinical professor with the School of Education's Department of Kinesiology and is director of its Athletic Training Program.
Fri
Jun
16

Pribbenow awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant to address implicit bias in K-12 education

UW-Madison's Christine Pribbenow received a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant for the project titled, "Do You Play Fair? Addressing Bias in K-12 Educational Settings." Pribbenow works within the School of Education's Wisconsin Center for Education Research. She was awarded the grant along with Molly Carnes with the School of Medicine and Public Health. This project aims to close disparities between black and white students by lessening implicit bias.
Thu
Jun
15

Alum Mancilla now director of WIDA Early Years

UW-Madison alumna Lorena Mancilla is now serving as the Director of WIDA Early Years. WIDA is housed within the School of Education's Wisconsin Center for Education Research. WIDA advances academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research and professional learning for educators. Mancilla recently earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Mancilla has been with WIDA since 2010.
Tue
Jun
13

Shaffer’s ‘Quantitative Ethnography’ provides new methodology for era of big data

UW-Madison’s David Williamson Shaffer is the author of a recently released book that puts forth a groundbreaking new science for understanding what people do and why they do it titled, “Quantitative Ethnography.” Shaffer explains that his latest publication is a methods book that gives investigators the tools they need to bridge the gap between quantitative and qualitative research in the age of big data. Shaffer is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences with the Department of Educational Psychology, and is director of the Epistemic Games Group in WCER.
Mon
Jun
12

Wisconsin teachers visiting campus June 16 to share findings from their action research projects

Educators from around the state will be on the UW-Madison campus Friday, June 16 from 9 a.m. to noon to take part in an annual teacher research symposium at the Discovery Building's DeLuca Forum. The event is free and open to the public, and provides the approximately 70 teacher-researchers involved with projects this year an opportunity to share their findings and connect with other passionate educators involved in research from across Wisconsin.
Fri
Jun
09

Online edition of Spring 2017 'The disAbility Advocate' now available

The Spring 2017 edition of 'The disAbility Advocate" -- an annual newsletter for alumni and friends of the School of Education's Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education -- is now available. This year's cover story looks at a collaborative project between UW-Madison, Virginia Commonwealth University and a range of business partners examining best practices for hiring and retaining workers with disabilities.
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