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
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
School of Education Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | Open House
May 11, 2022, 12:30-2:30 pm CT (Reception 12:30-1 pm), Room 145, Education Building
ITP | The Effects of Full-Day Prekindergarten: Experimental Evidence of Impacts on Children and Families
Dr. Allison Atteberry, University of Virginia
May 6, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Reframing Design in Education: Preparing Teachers as Agents for Change
Douglas Clark, University of Calgary
April 29, 2022, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Lunch and Learn | 4K During a Pandemic: Stories from Dane County
CRECE researchers, WCER, UW−Madison
April 20, 2022, Noon-1 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture - Integrating Social Science and Behavioral Genetics to Understand the Antecedents and Consequences of Racial Discrimination
Dr. Juan Del Toro, Research Associate at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), University of Pittsburgh
April 15, 2022, Noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time, Educational Sciences Room 259
Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture - Rethinking Racial Domination in Education: A Critical Approach
Quentin Wheeler-Bell, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, Indiana University
March 7, 2022, Noon to 1:00 p.m. Central Time, Educational Sciences Room 259 and on Zoom.
ITP | Advanced Placement Gatekeeping and Racialized Tracking (Online only)
Noah Hirschl, ITP Fellow
December 10, 2021, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Mitigating the Effects of Invalid Survey Responses in Estimating LGBQ-heterosexual Youth Risk Disparities
Joseph Cimpian, New York University Steinhardt
October 8, 2021, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
Brown Bag Talk | Scripting the Moves; Culture & Control in a “No-Excuses” Charter School
Joanne Golann, Vanderbilt University
October 8, 2021, Noon-1 pm Central time, online only, Online
ITP | Partnerships in Times of Transition: Challenges and Opportunities
Carl Frederick, Annalee Good, Beth Vaade, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison Metropolitan School District
October 1, 2021, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
The Fugitive Life of Black Teaching: A History of Pedagogy and Power
Jarvis R. Givens, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education Faculty Affiliate, African & African American Studies Harvard University
September 24, 2021, Noon-1pm, Wisconsin Idea Room - 159 Education Building, Zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/givenslecture
ITP | Engaging Policymakers: Best Practices From Those Who Study It and Do It
Dr. Karen Bogenschneider, Rothermel-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
September 24, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Access denied: The effect of geographic boundaries on White-Black gaps in access to educational opportunity
Dr. Peter Rich, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
September 17, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Higher Education and the Black-White Earnings Gap
Dr. Xiang Zhou, Harvard University
September 10, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences
