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 Series “An Act of Knowing”
David H. Clemens, Artist in Residence, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
March 30, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative: An Update on Outreach, Interest & Projects
March 28, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar “What questions should we ask about a charter school and what will the answers tell us?”
Harry Brighouse, Professor of Philosophy, Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
March 18, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
DataViz Part 1: Visualizing Research and Evaluation Results
Ann K. Emery, Data analysis and visualization consultant
March 18, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 466, 1025 West Johnson Street
Practical Wisdom Series: How to Make the Most of the AREA Conference
March 17, 2016, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (room 159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES: Effects of Retrieval Practice on Learning: Moving Toward the Real World
Lisa Fazio, Assistant Professor, Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
March 16, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
QRMG Series: Critical Bifocality: The Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization
Lois Weis and Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor Educational Leadership and Policy SUNY, Buffalo; Distinguished Professor Psychology CUNY Graduate Center
March 14, 2016, 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Series: The Promises and Pitfals of Measuring Community College Quality
Michal Kurlaender, Associate Professor, Chair of the Graduate Group in Education, and Chancellor’s Fellow, UC-Davis
March 11, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
How to Build a Better Future STEM Faculty
Mark Connolly, Associate Research Scientist, WCER
March 7, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
The Consortium for Chicago School Research’s Approach to Translational Research
Jenny Nagaoka & Eliza Moeller, Deputy Director & Research Analyst, UChicago Consortium
March 4, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
WIES: The Specificity of Black Suffering
Michael Dumas, Assistant Professor, University of California–Berkeley
March 2, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Qualitative Research Methods Group: How the Field Can Learn From Variation
Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
March 1, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Qualitative Research Methods Group: Musing about Improvement, Equity, and Social Justice
Louis Gomez, Education Department Chair, University of California Los-Angeles
March 1, 2016, 10:30 am - 11:30 am, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
UW–Madison Education Research Poster Fair
James T. Minor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
February 29, 2016, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 Orchard Street
Carl A. Grant Lecture: The National Education Agenda and the Role of Innovation
James T. Minor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education
February 29, 2016, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 Orchard Street
