Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
Past Events
MLRC Speaker Series | Implementation of High-Quality Dual Language Immersion Programs in International Schools
Ying Chu, Director of Chinese and Dual Language Learning, International School of Beijing
April 23, 2026, 9–10 a.m., Zoom only
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture | Narrative Stitching Across Contact Zones: Hmong American Student Cartographies of War, Migration, and Belonging
Rican Vue, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of California, Riverside
April 21, 2026, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Wisconsin Idea Room 159, Education Building and online
ITP | Fraction Tutoring Project: Lessons Learned
Jennifer Murray, Third-year graduate student, UW–Madison Department of Psychology
April 17, 2026, Noon–1:30 p.m., Room 259, Educational Sciences
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
April 8, 2026, 1–2:00 p.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
WCER Office Hours With Mariana and Chris
March 30, 2026, 1–2 p.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
March 26, 2026, 8–9 a.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | Inclusive Teaching Methods: Best Practices to Help Students from All Backgrounds Succeed in Your Class
Markus Brauer, Professor, Department of Psychology, UW-Madison
March 20, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
Beyond Borders: Reimagining Engineering Education Through the Lens of Language and Culture
Greses Pérez , Assistant Professor in Engineering Education, Tufts University
March 20, 2026, 12:15 p.m.-1:30 pm , Teacher Education Building (Room 566)
Carl A. Grant — Darnel Degand — The Past, The Present, and The Truth: Comics as a Medium for Activism and Legacies
Darnel Degand, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
March 19, 2026, 11 a.m.—noon , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
WCER Project & Community Learning Series | Fostering Distributed Leadership: A Model for Undergraduate Success in Research
Brendan Eagan, Associate Director for Partnerships and Community Engagement, Center for Research on Complex Thinking
March 16, 2026, 10–11 a.m. , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
ITP | Sensory Experiences of Math Learning
Sofia Tancredi, Research Associate, WCER
March 13, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
March 11, 2026, 1–2:00 p.m. CT, Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | Developing and Evaluating an Assessment of Preschoolers’ Science and Engineering Knowledge
Lauren Westerberg, Postdoctoral Research Associate, WCER, UW-Madison
March 6, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
ORS | Mini Grant Writing Workshop
Grant Editors
March 6, 2026, 9 a.m.—Noon , Room 253 Educational Sciences
MLRC Speaker Series | Beyond Individual Trauma: Linguicism, Accountability, and Teachers’ Perceptions of How Trauma-Informed Practices Support Multilingual Learners
Ofelia Castro Schepers, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
March 5, 2026, 1–2 p.m. , Online only
