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

SoE | Global Research Symposium Citizenship, Human Rights and Social Justice Education: Facilitating Positive Change Through Theory and Action

Michael Apple, with colleagues from Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies

April 16, 2021, 8 am - 12:30 pm Central Standard Time, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION


ITP | Using Inclusivity-Professional Development to Improve the Safety and Academic Achievement of Gender-Expansive Students

Mollie McQuillan, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison

April 16, 2021, 12 - 1:30 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


CCWT | A Discussion with Sarah Dryden-Peterson on Her Research and on the Civic Education of Refugees

Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Associate Professor of Education, Harvard University

March 30, 2021, 3 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


CCWT | Participatory Action Research at the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems

Mrill Ingram, University of Wisconsin--Madison

March 29, 2021, 11 am Central Time on Zoom, ZOOM VIRTUAL PRESENTATION


ITP | Lecture by Educational Policy Studies Assistant Professor Ran Liu

Ran Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

March 26, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


CAG | Theorizing Educational Justice: Political & Educational Considerations

Winston C. Thompson, Associate Professor of Educational Studies and Philosophy, The Ohio State University

March 22, 2021, 1-2 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


ITP | Fellows Internships Presentations

ITP Graduate Fellows, University of Wisconsin--Madison

March 19, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


Processing space for AAPI faculty & staff

March 19, 2021, 12:00, Online Zoom Meeting


CCWT | A Conversation with Jason Perry About Sports Management Internships at HBCUs

Jason Perry, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Howard University

March 19, 2021, 11 am Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


ITP | Translating Science for Practitioners, Policymakers and the Public: Challenges and Opportunities

Lisa Fazio, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

March 12, 2021, 12-1:30 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


CCWT | Research Refugee Resettlement and Refugee Communities in Wisconsin

Paul Van Auken, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

February 23, 2021, 3-4 pm Central Time on Zoom, Zoom Virtual Presentation


CCWT | Building New Roots: Growing Participatory Action Research in Practice in a New Context

Julissa Ventura, Marquette University

February 22, 2021, 11 am Central Time on Zoom, ZOOM VIRTUAL PRESENTATION


ITP | Cluster-Robust Inference in Quantitative Education Research

James Pustejovsky, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

February 19, 2021, 12 - 1:30 pm Central Time on Zoom, ZOOM Virtual Presentation


CCWT | Uneven Experiences and Rewards in the Intern Economy: The Case of Arts and Design Graduates

Alexandre Frenette , Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University

February 17, 2021, 11 am Central Time (US and Canada), VIRTUAL PRESENTATION


ITP | Playful STEM Learning in the School Yard and Community Spaces

Andres Bustamante, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

February 5, 2021, 12-1:30 pm , ZOOM Virtual Presentation