Past Events
WCER Office Hours With Mariana and Chris
March 30, 2026, 1–2 p.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
March 26, 2026, 8–9 a.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | Inclusive Teaching Methods: Best Practices to Help Students from All Backgrounds Succeed in Your Class
Markus Brauer, Professor, Department of Psychology, UW-Madison
March 20, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
Beyond Borders: Reimagining Engineering Education Through the Lens of Language and Culture
Greses Pérez , Assistant Professor in Engineering Education, Tufts University
March 20, 2026, 12:15 p.m.-1:30 pm , Teacher Education Building (Room 566)
Carl A. Grant — Darnel Degand — The Past, The Present, and The Truth: Comics as a Medium for Activism and Legacies
Darnel Degand, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
March 19, 2026, 11 a.m.—noon , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
WCER Project & Community Learning Series | Fostering Distributed Leadership: A Model for Undergraduate Success in Research
Brendan Eagan, Associate Director for Partnerships and Community Engagement, Center for Research on Complex Thinking
March 16, 2026, 10–11 a.m. , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
ITP | Sensory Experiences of Math Learning
Sofia Tancredi, Research Associate, WCER
March 13, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
March 11, 2026, 1–2:00 p.m. CT, Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | Developing and Evaluating an Assessment of Preschoolers’ Science and Engineering Knowledge
Lauren Westerberg, Postdoctoral Research Associate, WCER, UW-Madison
March 6, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
ORS | Mini Grant Writing Workshop
Grant Editors
March 6, 2026, 9 a.m.—Noon , Room 253 Educational Sciences
MLRC Speaker Series | Beyond Individual Trauma: Linguicism, Accountability, and Teachers’ Perceptions of How Trauma-Informed Practices Support Multilingual Learners
Ofelia Castro Schepers, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
March 5, 2026, 1–2 p.m. , Online only
ITP | Early Learning in a Digital World
Heather Kirkorian, Department Chair & Professor, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
February 27, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Community meeting
Mariana Castro, with consultant Darin Harris
February 23, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m. , 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Research-Practice Partnerships in Early Education: Examples from Wisconsin
Hilary Shager, Associate Director for Program and Management, Institute for Research on Poverty, UW-Madison
February 20, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
ITP | Pathways of Protection: Adult Support, Peer Climate, and Trans Youth Well-Being in Wisconsin
Benjamin Lebovitz, Doctoral Student, School of Education, UW–Madison
February 6, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
