By Laurel White Teaching people how to spot and outsmart a particularly tricky form of misinformation online is at the heart of new UW–Madison research recently funded by the National Science Foundation. The research, led by Martina Rau, will focus on visual misinformation — specifically, misinformation presented online in graphs. Rau, an associate professor with the …
Educational Psychology Professor Robert Enright joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program last week to share his expertise about the scientific study of forgiveness. Enright, who holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, spoke about decades of research that have shown offering forgiveness to others reduces …
Decades of pioneering work on the vast personal and social benefits of forgiveness — from reducing individuals’ anxiety and aggression to fostering better cross-cultural communication amid political conflict — have earned UW–Madison’s Robert Enright one of psychology’s rarest and highest lifetime achievement awards. Enright’s scientific study of forgiveness has had a “game-changing impact on the …
Two papers that were selected for awards at the recent 2022 International Society for the Learning Sciences annual meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, were written by authors from the UW–Madison School of Education. Nathan A paper by UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan and Michael Swart, co-written with Candace Walkington of Southern Methodist University (SMU), received the International Conference of the …
Haley Vlach, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, has been named an advisor recipient of the Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year for two submissions. The Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship provides research training and support to undergraduates. Student recipients receive a $3,000 stipend (purpose unrestricted) to pursue their designated research …
Ask UW–Madison’s Jim Wollack what makes the Department of Educational Psychology so special, and the professor of quantitative methods pauses for a moment to gather his thoughts. “I think there are quite a few factors,” says Wollack, who chairs the department. It’s the type of place, he explains, where faculty members are both world-class researchers, and …
Percival Matthews will be the UW–Madison School of Education’s next associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, Dean Diana Hess announced following a recently completed search. Matthews has served as interim associate dean since Aug. 1, 2021, and will begin his new role on June 1. Matthews has been a faculty member at UW–Madison since the …
Haley Vlach, professor of educational psychology and director of the Learning, Cognition & Development Lab, has been named a recipient of the Romnes Fellowship from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for 2022-23. Her research examines children’s cognitive development, including their ability to remember information, acquire language and construct concepts. …
Educational Psychology PhD students Alexandra Barber and Emma Lazaroff have been selected to receive the Graduate Student Services Scholarship award from UW–Madison’s Graduate School. The Graduate Student Service Scholarship recognizes and honors the graduate students who volunteer to take on service roles in addition to their research, work, and family obligations. While service can come …
Each spring, the School of Education recognizes some of its most outstanding individuals with Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards. On Thursday, April 14, this year’s award winners were honored during a reception and short ceremony in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room. Among those recognized include the Department of Educational Psychology’s very own Sadhana …