Three UW-Madison Scholars Among Finalists for CUNY Research in Education Equity Award

November 24, 2014

Adam Gamoran, David Rangel, Megan Shoji, Alyn McCarty, and Mai Youa Miksic

Adam Gamoran, David Rangel, Megan Shoji, Alyn McCarty, and Mai Youa Miksic

Three UW-Madison scholars, all fellows in WCER’s Interdisciplinary Training Program (ITP) in the Education Sciences, were named finalists in a recent national competition with one, Megan Shoji, winning the first prize and an award of $2,500.

Shoji and fellow ITP scholars David Rangel and Alyn McCarty were among five finalists chosen for the Director’s Award for Research in Education Equity, presented by the CUNY Institute for Education Policy “for the most outstanding contribution to research on education equity by an up-and-coming scholar. The finalists attended the awards ceremony on Oct. 23, hosted by the CUNY Institute for Education Policy.

Copies of all three presentations, Shoji’s “Ethnic Culture and Schools: The Role of Student-Teacher Relationships;” Rangel’s, “Unequal Childhoods? The Complex Logics of Childrearing in Latino Families:” and McCarty’s, “Do Family Engagement Programs Reproduce Social Capital Inequality in Low Income, Hispanic Elementary Schools?” are available online.

ITP Program Coordinator Molly Wesling said the high placement of the ITP scholars in the competition is indicative of the quality of research they become engaged in at WCER. The mission of ITP is to help prepare full-time UW-Madison social science doctoral students in becoming the next generation of scholars equipped with expertise in the design, implementation, and statistical analysis of evidence on “what works” in education.

“The fact that three of the five finalists for this national award for research in education equity were students in ITP speaks volumes about the quality of our fellows and their research,” Wesling said.