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
Past Events
Lunch and Learn Series: Why Equity?
Erika C. Bullock, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education and Assistant to the Editor-in- Chief, Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
January 30, 2017, Noon - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Improving Instructional Data Use
Martin West, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
December 9, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Translational Workshop: Working with the Press to Get the Word Out
Eric Grodsky, Moderator, Associate Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
December 2, 2016, 12:00 - 2:00 PM, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Lunch and Learn Series: Explore “Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City”
Kate McCleary, Facilitator
November 21, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00 PM, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance
Thomas S. Dee, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Stanford Graduate School of Education
November 18, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Using Multiple Discontinuities to Estimate Effects of Public Need-Based Aid for College
Drew Anderson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Financial Security, UW–Madison
November 11, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Translational Workshop: Research Practice Partnerships in Wisconsin
Panel with Eric Camburn, Peter Goff, Kurt Kiefer, Robert Mathieu, Beth Vaade, Representing ELPA, DPI, WCER and MMSD
November 4, 2016, 12:00 - 2:00, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Lunch and Learn: Practical Reflections upon and Responses to Homelessness
Peter Miller, Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, UW-Madison
October 31, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Prompting Active Choice Among High Risk Borrowers
Benjamin Castleman, Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia
October 28, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Seminar: Inequality before Birth: The Developmental Consequences of Environmental Toxicants
Claudia Persico, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, UW–Madison
October 21, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Inequality and the Public University
Moderator: Jennifer Morton, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, City College of New York
October 20, 2016, 4:00 - 5:15 PM, Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP Seminar: Child Care and the Development of Early Childhood Skills
Matt Wiswall, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
October 14, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Delta Workshop: How to Address the Broader Impact in Your NSF Fellowship Application
October 7, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00, Ebling Auditorium, Microbial Sciences, 1550 Linden Drive
ITP Seminar: Evaluation of the Implementation and Impacts of Reading Recovery
Henry May, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy, University of Delaware
October 7, 2016, 12:00 - 1:30, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Lunch & Learn Discussion of Space at WCER: The Final Frontier
Bob Mathieu, WCER Director
October 3, 2016, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
