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
The Network | Are Public Schools Becoming Constitution-Free Zones?
Justin Driver, Professor, Yale Law School
November 18, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall
ITP | Growth Mindset and the Structure of School Curricular Opportunities
Paul Hanselman, University of California, Irvine, Department of Sociology
November 15, 2019, 12 - 1:30 PM, Room 253, Educational Sciences Building
WIES Lecture | Design in Storytelling
Ellen Lupton, Founding Director, Graphic Design MFA, MICA and Curator, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
November 6, 2019, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St.
CCWT | How Undergraduate Student Parents Make Decisions About Course-Taking, Majors, Jobs & Careers
Adrian H. Huerta, Assistant Professor in the Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of Southern California
November 5, 2019, 10 am, Room 159, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison
Center for Ethics & Education: Debating Education: Is There a Role for Markets?
Harry Brighouse, UW-Madison Mildred Fish Harnack Professor of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies
November 5, 2019, 5-6 pm, Memorial Union -- Check TITU
School of Education | When, If Ever, Can Assessment Foster Equity?
Lorrie Shepard, University Distinguished Professor & Dean Emerita School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder
October 30, 2019, 4 pm Lecture & 5 pm Reception, Room 159 & Morgridge Commons, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison
American Academy of Arts & Sciences | Improving Teaching: One Professor’s Experience
Harry Brighouse, Sandy Baum, Michael McPherson, UW-Madison, Skidmore College, Spencer Foundation
October 30, 2019, 4:30 pm Reception | 5 pm Program, Room 6191, Helen C. White Building, 600 N. Park Street
Researcher Regulatory Fair
Campus Resources, UW–Madison Research
October 29, 2019, 11 am - 1:30 pm, Varsity Hall, Union South
Mental Health at the Forefront of the Global Refugee Crisis
Dr. Essam Daod, Child psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder of Humanity Crew
October 28, 2019, 11:30 am - 1 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
ITP | Baby’s First Years: Testing the Impact of Poverty Reduction in Early Childhood
Katherine Magnuson, UW-Madison School of Social Work, Director Institute for Research on Poverty
October 25, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
MSAN Student Conference 2019| The Roses That Grew From Concrete
Mandela Barnes; José González; Bettina Love, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor; Tucson Unified School District and Xicanx Institute; University of Georgia
October 23, 2019, 4-10 pm; 7:30 am-10 pm; 7:30 am -10 pm; 8-10 am, Concourse Hotel and UW-Madison Campus
WIES Lecture | History and Knowledge from Below: Living and Learning Otherwise
Targol Mesbah, Assistant Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
October 23, 2019, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Room 159, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison
CCWT | 2nd Annual National Symposium on College Internship Research
Keynote Addresses by , April Kedrowicz, NC State University; and Ross Perlin, author of "Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little . . ."
October 23, 2019, 8 am - 6 pm & 8:30 am to 3 pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, UW-Madison Campus
ICQE19 | International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography 2019 @ICQE19
David Shaffer, Dragan Gašević, Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, Jim Gee, Simon Buckingham Shum, Karin Frey, Jun Oshima, Adam Lefstein, UW-Madison & Universities of Monash, Clemson, Arizona State, Technology Sydney, Washington, Shizouka, Ben Gurion of the Negev
October 19, 2019, Times vary by day, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, UW-Madison Campus
ITP Seminar | Racialized Prisms: A Randomized Experiment on Families’ Perceptions of Schools
Chantal Hailey, PhD Candidate, New York University
October 18, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
