Other Series

WCER and its projects present lectures, workshops and networking series developed for a variety of audiences, including students, faculty, staff and colleagues of UW–Madison, as well as stakeholders, such as educators, public officials, community leaders and the interested public.

Current series include:

Interdisciplinary Training Program Seminar in Education Sciences

This bi-weekly discussion series connects graduate students with peers and experts on topics integral to professional success in education research. Topics selected generally are not taught in common coursework, yet are necessary for success in an education researcher’s career.

Qualitative Methods Group Lectures


MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingualism For All? U.S. World Language Policies And Implications For Multilingual Learners

Megan Montee, Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University

December 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CST, Virtual - register at go.wisc.edu/a0z7ii


ITP | Can State Nondiscrimination Protections Mitigate Bullying And Attempted Suicide Amongh LGB Students?

Erin Gill, PhD Candidate, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison

December 6, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


Creating And Sustaining Research Partnerships With School Districts

Katie Eklund and Bath Vaade

December 10, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences



Past Events

ITP | Can State Nondiscrimination Protections Mitigate Bullying And Attempted Suicide Amongh LGB Students?

Erin Gill, PhD Candidate, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison

December 6, 2024, noon - 1:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingualism For All? U.S. World Language Policies And Implications For Multilingual Learners

Megan Montee, Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University

December 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CST, Virtual - register at go.wisc.edu/a0z7ii


ITP | Understanding the ‘Package Deal’: Disentangling Parents’ Intertwined Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods

Elly Field, Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University

November 22, 2024, noon-1:30 p.m. Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | We ask so much: The division of rationalized labor in the education industry

Michelle Jackson, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Stanford University

September 20, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Reflections Midway through a Career Advancing Educational Equity and Policy

Ross Wiener, Vice President, Aspen Institute Executive Director, Education & Society Program

September 13, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingual Learners’ Reading and Writing in Content-Rich Literacy Instruction

Jackie E. Relyea, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University

September 5, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Online Zoom


MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingual Learners Co-Constructing Proofs and Representations: Linking Language and Logic

Haiwen Chu, Research Manager for the English Learner and Migrant Education Services content area team, WestEd

August 1, 2024, 1-2 p.m. CT on Zoom, Online Zoom


ITP | Conducting Implementation Research in Impact Studies of Education Interventions

Carolyn Hill, Senior Fellow, MDRC

May 3, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Knowledge Mobilization:  Communicating Your Research for Impact

Jessica Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Special Education, University of Missouri

April 26, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Community Teaching: Storytelling as Pedagogy

Ma Vang, Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Merced

April 19, 2024, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., 2235 Nancy Nicolas Hall


ITP | An Empirical Evaluation of Advanced Phonemic Awareness Training for Struggling Second- and Third-Grade Students

Alex Latham, Graduate Student, Educational Psychology and ITP Fellow, UW-Madison

April 5, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Making “Fast Friends” during Childhood and Adolescence:  Examining Online and School Contexts

Kat Swerbenski, Graduate Student, Psychology, UW–Madison

March 15, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Students’ responses to evidence of systemic racism in a forensic science class: An evaluation

Linden E. Higgins, Department of Biology, University of Vermont & WCER Visiting Researcher

March 14, 2024, Noon to 1:00 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Here or There? LGBTQ+ Students’ Access to Safe Schools by Locale in Wisconsin

Erin Gill, Graduate Student, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW–Madison

March 8, 2024, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom