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
ITP | Part 2: A Short Course on Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGS) and Casual Mediation
Felix Elwert, Romnes Professor of Sociology, UW-Madison
October 30, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Zoom
EPS | Education Research in Community: Reflections on Centering Youth and Families of Color
Julissa Ventura, Eujin Park, Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong, Asst Professor, Marquette University; Postdoc, University of Illinois at Chicago; Asst Professor, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
October 26, 2020, 10-11 am, Virtual Presentation
ITP | Part 1: A Short Course on Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGS) and Causal Mediation
Felix Elwert, Romnes Professor of Sociology, UW-Madison
October 23, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Zoom
ITP | Double Jeopardy: Individual Biases, Racialized Orgs, Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Jayanti Owens, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Brown University
October 16, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, ZOOM
Culturally Responsive Research Relationship Skills for Non-Indigenous Researchers
Nicole Bowman-Farrell, Culturally Responsive Research Evaluator, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, UW-Madison School of Education
October 12, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Register here: https://go.wisc.edu/ub964l
CCWT | Internship Opportunities in Community and Tribal Colleges
Julie E. Lucero, Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, Asst Prof School of Comm Health Services, Latino Research Center, U of Nevada; Research Associate, American Indian College Fund
October 7, 2020, 11 am VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Zoom
ITP | Can We Identify Effective Schools? The Role of School Climate
Shanette Porter, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Mindset Network
October 2, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Zoom
ITP | Right-Sizing Research: A Pipeline Approach for Secondary Writing, Teaching and Learning
Megan Shoji & Oriana Eversole, Researcher, Mathematica; Director of Research and Program Evaluation, MMSD
September 25, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, ZOOM
ITP | Equality of Opportunity & School Segregation:Natural Experiments from Two Policy Interventions
Jeremy Fiel, Assistant Professor, School of Sociology, University of Arizona
September 18, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, ZOOM
Interdisciplinary Training Program | Equity and allocation of financial aid for New Jersey
Drew Anderson, Associate Economist & Professor, Pardee Rand Graduate School, Rand Corporation, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
September 11, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
CANCELLED | CCWT | Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin
To be rescheduled for the fall
April 10, 2020, 9:30 am-4 pm, Madison College Truax Campus, Room D1630, 1701 Wright Street Madison, WI
CANCELLED | What Drives Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline?
Jayanti Owens, Assistant Professor of Psychology, International and Public Affairs, Brown University
March 13, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
WEPOP/Annalee Good Book and Policy Discussion
Annalee Good, WCER researcher and evaluator
March 10, 2020, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m., Memorial High School, 201 S Gammon Road, Literacy Center
Field Day Lab | AI and Video Games in Education Lunch
David Gagnon, Robert Nowak, Bernadette Baker, Researchers, University of Wisconsin-Madison
March 6, 2020, 12-1 pm, Morgridge Commons, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP | Estimating Treatment Effects in Multi-Site Randomized Trials
Stephen Raudenbush, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
February 28, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
