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

WIES Lecture | Proportional Reasoning: From Symbolic Formalizations to Early Intuitions
Michelle Hurst, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
April 3, 2019, 12:30-1:30 pm, Education Building, 159, 1000 Bascom Mall
From Interests to Investigations: Developing a Research Agenda
Mary Pattillo, Nothwestern University
April 1, 2019, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Room 159, 1000 Bascom Hall

Carl A. Grant Scholars | Using Critical Design Thinking to Create Emancipatory Research Agenda
Lesley-Ann Noel, Teaching Fellow, Stanford University
April 1, 2019, 12 - 1 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
ITP Seminar | Martina Rau
Martina Rau, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, UW--Madison
March 29, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
Asian & Latinx Youth Experiences with Suburban Schooling
Gabriel Rodriguez & Eujin Park, Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
March 28, 2019, 9:15 - 10:30 am, Virginia Harrison Parlor, Room 149 |1050 University Ave
ITP Seminar | Rachel Fish
Rachel Fish, Assistant Professor, New York University--Steinhardt
March 15, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
CCWT | The Challenges of Academic Evaluation in the Field of Public Higher Education in China
Yanhong Liu, Jilin University
March 13, 2019, 11:30 am, 13th floor, Educational Sciences Building
ITP Seminar | Renunciando Servicios: Investigating Which English Learners Waive Language Development
Madeline Mavrogordato, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
March 8, 2019, 12 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259

WIES Lecture | Design for Social Impact: Guerilla Projections with a Graphic Witness
Adam DelMarcelle, York College, Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Kutztown University
March 6, 2019, 12:30-1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259

CAG Lecture & ITP Seminar | Identity, Engagement & Learning Math: Unpacking the Process of Becoming
Jennifer Langer-Osuna, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
March 1, 2019, 12 - 1:15 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
2019 UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair
Mariana Castro, UW--Madison Language Development Researcher & Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Associate
February 22, 2019, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St.

WIES Lecture: Optimizing the Acoustic Landscape Speakers and Singers Inhabit
Ken Bozeman, Professor, Music, Lawrence University
February 20, 2019, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., 159 WI Idea Room, School of Education, 1000 Bascom Mall
For WCER Staff: Lunch & Learn Series Featuring Tech Services & Project Staff
Tech Services and a panel of WCER Projects Staff, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
February 19, 2019, 12 - 1 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259

WIES Lecture Mutual Survival: Education Reform & Economic Change in Rural Wisconsin
Jennifer Seelig, Assistant Director, Rural Education Research & Implementation Center, WCER
February 6, 2019, 12:30 - 1:30, Education Building, 159, 1000 Bascom Mall
Interdisciplinary Training Program Seminar: Enhancing Students’ Mathematics Learning
Martha Alibali, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, UW-Madision
February 1, 2019, 6 - 7:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259