Year: 2024

UW–Madison’s Karumbaiah awarded American Family Insurance funding for research on bias in artificial intelligence

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Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been awarded new funding for her research aimed at identifying harmful biases in artificial intelligence tools. Karumbaiah Karumbaiah’s project will develop a framework to audit large language models (LLMs), which power AI applications, for such biases. The framework will make …

UW-Madison’s Kaplan named Hilldale Professor

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David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been honored with a Hilldale Professorship. Kaplan Hilldale Professorships are given to faculty members who excel in scholarly activity, have records of outstanding research or creative work, and show promise of continued productivity. Recipients receive a salary increase …

Ed Psych students receive School of Education and Department awards

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The Educational Psychology department is proud to recognize several students who recently received awards: Lauren Knuckey, School Psychology PhD student, received a 2024 Thora Wick Homme Memorial Scholarship from the School of Education. Lauren writes, “My name is Lauren Knuckey (she/her), and I am a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the school psychology program. Currently, I …

UW–Madison’s Puntambekar and Karumbaiah examine how AI can help teachers and students succeed

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By Laurel White  For the past 20 years, School of Education faculty member Sadhana Puntambekar has worked with teachers and middle school students across Wisconsin to build technology-enhanced learning environments for science learning and teaching, from solving complex design problems and writing about them to contrasting virtual and in-person lab experiments. Now, Puntambekar and a School of …

Priscilla Tovar-Perez awarded O’Shea Fellowship

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The Educational Psychology department is proud to recognize Priscilla Tovar-Perez, a current PhD student in the Human Development area, as the recipient of the 2024 Michael Vincent O’Shea and Harriet Frisbie Eastabrooks O’Shea Fellowship. The O’Shea Fellowship is awarded to an Educational Psychology student who shows promise in adolescent or educational psychology, the education of …

UW-Madison’s Nathan speaks with WKOW on impact of AI on college admissions

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UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan offered his expertise to Madison’s WKOW/Ch. 27 last month, sharing his thoughts on the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in college admissions. Nathan Nathan is the ​​Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in Learning Sciences in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. “This tool is likely to be very useful for young …

WCER’s Bell interviewed by Wisconsin State Journal on standards-based grading system

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The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Courtney Bell in a recent article about Madison East High School’s new “standards-based” grading system. Bell is the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and a professor of learning sciences in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. She is currently engaged …

UW-Madison’s Eklund appears on PBS NewsHour to discuss shortage of mental health professionals in schools

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Katie Eklund appeared on PBS NewsHour recently for a report titled, “Student-led network helps address shortage of mental health professionals in schools.” The report is part of the series, “Early Warnings: America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis.” Eklund Eklund is an associate professor with the School Psychology program in the School of Education’s Department of Educational …

School Mental Health Collaborative featured on WAOW

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Wausau ABC affiliate WAOW spotlighted the School Mental Health Collaborative (SMHC) recently, led by UW–Madison’s Stephen Kilgus, Katie Eklund, and Andy Garbacz. From left, Eklund, Garbacz, and Kilgus The story, headlined “UW–Madison guides new national center to address lack of school mental health providers,” reports that the researchers have been awarded a $10.4 million federal …

David Williamson Shaffer offers expertise on artificial intelligence on CBS58, Spectrum News 1

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School of Education faculty member David Williamson Shaffer recently offered his expertise on artificial intelligence in and out of the classroom to news stories aired on CBS58 in Milwaukee and the statewide Spectrum News 1 network. Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences in …