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 | 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


ITP | Can Non-Traditional Teacher Preparation Programs Improve Student Non-Test Outcomes and Teacher Diversity? Evidence from New York City

Soobin Kim, Research Scientist, Education Analytics

October 14, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


William T. Grant Scholars Program Info Session: Strategies and Tips for Success

Adam Gamoran, President, William T. Grant Foundation

October 7, 2022, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Grainger Hall Room 1180


ITP | Effects of Financial Aid Policy on Short- and Long-Term Individual Outcomes

Fabian Pfeffer , Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Michigan

October 7, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Epistemic exclusion as a barrier to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) in academia.

NiCole T. Buchanan, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan State University

October 3, 2022, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


ITP | Grantwriting Workshop

September 23, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences


ITP | Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Causal Impacts of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees on Education and Labor Market Outcomes

Assistant Professor Taylor Odle, Educational Policy Studies, UW−Madison

September 16, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


WCER Lunch and Learn | Get to Know the CIRTL Network

CIRTL researchers, WCER, UW−Madison

May 25, 2022, Noon-1 pm, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom