UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan was recently featured on “The Science of Creativity” podcast, hosted by Keith Sawyer, to discuss embodied cognition — the idea that learning is grounded in the body, in movement, and in the …
Year: 2026
Icy Zhang received 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Learning Sciences Assistant Professor Icy Zhang received a 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Zhang will utilize her funding on her project, “Bridging the Research-Practice Gap in Statistics and Data Science Education: Co-design ‘Embodied’ Programming Notebooks with Instructors …
Andy Garbacz Receives 2026 APA Division 16 Tom Oakland Mid-Career Scholarship Award
School Psychology Professor Andy Garbacz received a 2026 APA Division 16 Award. The Tom Oakland Mid-Career Scholarship Award recognizes a mid-career school psychologist (7–20 years post-graduation) who has demonstrated exceptional scholarly contributions throughout their career …
UW–Madison doctoral student Jeong wins first place in national eBoard competition
UW–Madison’s Tai Sun Jeong, a PhD student in the Quantitative Methods area in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, won first place in the 2026 Graduate Student eBoard Competition hosted by the Graduate …
UW–Madison’s Kaplan receives Humboldt Foundation award
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, Hilldale Professor and Richard L. Venezky WARF Professor of Educational Psychology, has received a Renewed Research Stay Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Kaplan The award recognizes Kaplan’s research contributions and …
UW–Madison School of Education, Educational Psychology ranked No. 1 by U.S. News for third straight year
For the third consecutive year, UW–Madison is home to the top-ranked school of education in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Education Graduate Schools rankings published on Tuesday. In addition to the overall …
Ishan Vengurlekar received Graduate Peer Mentor Award
Ishan Vengurlekar is a School Psychology doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Broadly, Ishan’s research interests center on early intervention for youth with elevated mental health challenges. He is particularly interested in leveraging and …
Ashley Reece receives Advanced Achievement in Teaching Award
The Advanced Achievement in Teaching Award recognizes TAs with four or more semesters of teaching experience at UW–Madison who are not in the final year of a PhD. Ashley is a PhD candidate in the human …
Kristy Kelly Receives Ann Wallace Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award
Kristy Kelly is a clinical professor in the Department of Educational Psychology who serves as the department’s director of clinical training and co-chair of the School Psychology program. In her roles, Kelly has facilitated high-quality …
Kaycie Barron awarded O’Shea Fellowship
The Educational Psychology department is proud to recognize Kaycie Barron, a current PhD student in the Learning Sciences area, as the recipient of the 2026 Michael Vincent O’Shea and Harriet Frisbie Eastabrooks O’Shea Fellowship. The …