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
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing the Prevalence and Burden of Youth Mental Health Problems
Keith Herman, Professor Educational, School & Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri
April 25, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Applying Different Methods of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Evaluation
Mark Fermanich, Senior Associate, APA Consulting
April 23, 2018, Noon - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
The Increasing Underemployment and Decreasing Job Control for Highly Qualified Employees
D.W. Livingstone, Canada Research Chair in Lifelong Learning and Work, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
April 20, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Lecture Featuring David Yeager
David Yeager, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
April 20, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: The Humanities as Pre-Qualitative Research
Samuel Rocha, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
April 19, 2018, Noon - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Is There a Skill Gap for Entry-Level IT Positions? Evidence from a National IT Helpdesk Survey
Andrew Weaver, Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
April 6, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Lecture Featuring Maria Cancian and Javier Rodriguez
April 6, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Computational Models of Mental Models of Computational Models of the World
Robert Goldstone, Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University
April 4, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES Lecture: Digital Studios for Social Innovation
Matthew Easterday, Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
March 21, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
When Should Researchers Use Inferential Statistics When Analyzing Data on Full Populations?
Rob Warren, Professor, University of Minnesota Sociology
March 16, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Lecture: Gifted Programming can be a Benefit to All
Jenn Vadas, Assistant Researcher, Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative
March 9, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Publishing 101
Catherine Bernard & Anna Clarkson, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
March 8, 2018, 2:15, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES Lecture Featuring Jorge E. Gonzalez
Jorge E. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Health and Learning Sciences, University of Houston
March 7, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture Featuring Shirin Vossoughi
Shirin Vossoughi, Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
March 6, 2018, 10:30 - 11:30 am, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Sex Education: A Center for Ethics & Education Lecture
Lisa Andersen, Professor of Liberal Arts, The Juilliard School
March 6, 2018, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
