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

ITP | Creating Challenges that Support Children’s Future Learning

Haley Vlach, Associate Professor, UW−Madison

April 28, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Making Friends & Influencing Practice: Collaborative Research Relationships with Schools and Districts

Eric Grodsky, Beth Vaade, MEP co-director and professor, UW−Madison; MEP co-director and executive director of research & innovation, MMSD

April 21, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Examining the Logic of K−12 Fiscal Accountability: Evidence of the Relationship Between California’s AB 1200 Fiscal Accountability System, District Expenditures, and Student Outcomes

Christopher Saldaña, Asst Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, UW−Madison

April 7, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Cancel Wars: How Universities Can Protect Free Speech, Promote Inclusion, and Renew Democracy

Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

March 30, 2023, 6−7:30 pm Central Time, 1295 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave


ITP | Conditions Under Which College Students Can Be Responsive to Nudging

Lindsay Page, Associate Professor, Education Policy, Brown University

March 24, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Studies on supporting English learner students: State policy, classroom practice, and bridging research to practice

Rachel Garrett, Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

March 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: The Intersectionality of Educating Black Students in Michigan: Public School Finance, Racial Segregation, and Housing Policy

Phillip Caldwell II, Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University, College of Education

March 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Educational Sciences Room 259


ITP | Can Utility Value Interventions in Introductory Chemistry Improve Persistence and Promote Diversity in STEM Fields?

Michael Asher, Graduate Student, Psychology, UW–Madison

March 3, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: How Student Voice Revived My Scholarship & Soul

Jamaal Matthews, Associate Professor, Combined Program in Education and Sociology, University of Michigan

February 24, 2023, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: Systemic, integrative, and transformative: The vision and goals of anti-racist early childhood education

Kerry-Ann Escayg, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Omaha

February 21, 2023, Noon to 1:00 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


ITP | Teacher in Action with AI Tutors: A Multimodal Analytics Approach to Recenter Teacher Practices in Human-AI Partnered Classrooms

Shamya Karumbaiah, Incoming Asst Professor, Educational Psychology, UW Madison

February 17, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | The Impact of DACA on the Occupation Outcomes of Undocumented Migrants

Camila Morales, Assistant Professor, Economics, UT Dallas and Visiting Scholar, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

February 10, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Getting Fit Right: A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Inequality in College Outcomes

Christina Ciocca Eller, Assistant Professor, Harvard University

December 9, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Exploring and Understanding English Learners’ College Pathways: EL Educational Research as It Informs and is Informed by Policy and Practice

Rebecca Callahan, Professor, University of Vermont

December 2, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | The Foundational Inequality – Race Differences in Education Mobility in the US

Katie Jajtner, Scientist, UW−Madison

November 4, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom