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
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
UW-Madison Shared Governance Reception and Information Session
Rebecca Blank, Karl Scholz, Laurent Heller, UW-Madison Chancellor, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
October 16, 2019, 3-4:30 pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union
WIES Lecture | Supporting Teacher Emotional Health: Reducing Stress and/or Improving Wellbeing?
Nathaniel von der Embse, Associate Professor, University of South Florida
October 11, 2019, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Room 253, Educational Sciences Building
ITP | Does Fatherhood Affect Men’s Educational Attainment? Evidence from Brazilian Data
Ana Cristina Collares, University of Brasília
October 11, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture | Oct. 11 von der Embse
Nathaniel von der Embse, Associate Professor, School Psychology, College of Education, University of South Florida
October 11, 2019, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Education Building, Room 159
WIES Lecture | Examining Relationships Between Group Hierarchy and Racial Identity Attitudes
Malik Boykin, Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Science, Brown University
October 9, 2019, 12 pm, Room 107, Brogdgen Psychology Building, 1202 W. Johnson
