Other Series
WCER and its projects present lectures, workshops and networking series developed for a variety of audiences, including students, faculty, staff and colleagues of UW–Madison, as well as stakeholders, such as educators, public officials, community leaders and the interested public.
Current series include:
Interdisciplinary Training Program Seminar in Education Sciences
This bi-weekly discussion series connects graduate students with peers and experts on topics integral to professional success in education research. Topics selected generally are not taught in common coursework, yet are necessary for success in an education researcher’s career.
Qualitative Methods Group Lectures
MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingualism For All? U.S. World Language Policies And Implications For Multilingual Learners
Megan Montee, Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University
December 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CST, Virtual - register at go.wisc.edu/a0z7ii
ITP | Can State Nondiscrimination Protections Mitigate Bullying And Attempted Suicide Amongh LGB Students?
Erin Gill, PhD Candidate, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison
December 6, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences
Creating And Sustaining Research Partnerships With School Districts
Katie Eklund and Bath Vaade
December 10, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences
Past Events
Creating And Sustaining Research Partnerships With School Districts
Katie Eklund and Bath Vaade
December 10, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Can State Nondiscrimination Protections Mitigate Bullying And Attempted Suicide Amongh LGB Students?
Erin Gill, PhD Candidate, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison
December 6, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences
MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingualism For All? U.S. World Language Policies And Implications For Multilingual Learners
Megan Montee, Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University
December 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CST, Virtual - register at go.wisc.edu/a0z7ii
ITP | Understanding the ‘Package Deal’: Disentangling Parents’ Intertwined Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods
Elly Field, Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
November 22, 2024, noon-1:30 p.m. Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
ITP | We ask so much: The division of rationalized labor in the education industry
Michelle Jackson, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Stanford University
September 20, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
ITP | Reflections Midway through a Career Advancing Educational Equity and Policy
Ross Wiener, Vice President, Aspen Institute Executive Director, Education & Society Program
September 13, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingual Learners’ Reading and Writing in Content-Rich Literacy Instruction
Jackie E. Relyea, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
September 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Online Zoom
MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingual Learners Co-Constructing Proofs and Representations: Linking Language and Logic
Haiwen Chu, Research Manager for the English Learner and Migrant Education Services content area team, WestEd
August 1, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Online Zoom
ITP | Conducting Implementation Research in Impact Studies of Education Interventions
Carolyn Hill, Senior Fellow, MDRC
May 3, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
ITP | Knowledge Mobilization: Communicating Your Research for Impact
Jessica Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Special Education, University of Missouri
April 26, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
Community Teaching: Storytelling as Pedagogy
Ma Vang, Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Merced
April 19, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., 2235 Nancy Nicolas Hall
ITP | An Empirical Evaluation of Advanced Phonemic Awareness Training for Struggling Second- and Third-Grade Students
Alex Latham, Graduate Student, Educational Psychology and ITP Fellow, UW-Madison
April 5, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
ITP | Making “Fast Friends” during Childhood and Adolescence: Examining Online and School Contexts
Kat Swerbenski, Graduate Student, Psychology, UW–Madison
March 15, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
Students’ responses to evidence of systemic racism in a forensic science class: An evaluation
Linden E. Higgins, Department of Biology, University of Vermont & WCER Visiting Researcher
March 14, 2024, Noon to 1:00 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
ITP | Here or There? LGBTQ+ Students’ Access to Safe Schools by Locale in Wisconsin
Erin Gill, Graduate Student, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison
March 8, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
