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

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


WCER Future Events

To be announced as scheduled, Online or in other formats

September 7, 2020, On hold for fall semester 2020, On hold


Smart Restart | A Smart Return to Campus Fall 2020

We all have a role in protecting the health and safety of our Badger community., Check out the Smart Restart Plan!

September 2, 2020, Times vary as scheduled, Providing a mix of in-person and remote courses


CANCELLED | Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture |  April 22, 2020

Thalia Goldstein, Assistant Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University

April 22, 2020, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Room 159, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison


CANCELLED | Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture |  April 16, 2020

Winston Thompson, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology

April 16, 2020, 12 - 1 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building


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 | Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture |  April 8, 2020

Michelle J. Bellino, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Education

April 8, 2020, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Room 159, Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, UW-Madison


CANCELLED | Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series Lecture |  March 25, 2020

Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Associate Professor, History, University of Illinois at Chicago

March 25, 2020, 12 - 1 pm, Room 159, Education Building


CANCELLED | Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture |  March 23, 2020

Zandra de Araujo, Associate Professor, University of Missouri College of Education

March 23, 2020, 12 - 1 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building


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


CANCELLED FOR PUBLIC: The Power of Humanizing Pedagogy on Minoritized Youth

Jessica Stovall, PhD student in Race Inequality and Language in Education program, Stanford University

March 12, 2020, Noon - 1pm, Educational Sciences Room 259