The Educational Psychology department is proud to recognize Melina Knabe, a current PhD student in the Human Development area, as the recipient of the 2023 Michael Vincent O’Shea and Harriet Frisbie Eastabrooks O’Shea Fellowship. Working with Dr. Haley Vlach in the Learning, Cognition, and Development Lab, Melina’s work focuses on the intersection of cognition, education, …
UW–Madison students living in University Housing each year have the ability to recognize outstanding educators via the Honored Instructor program. Through this program, University Housing takes nominations from students who want to honor and recognize instructors who challenge students, make learning fun, and/or are inspiring. This fall’s list of Honored Instructors includes nine outstanding educators …
Can forgiveness ever be detrimental to your well-being? Enright A recent story in Men’s Health magazine that takes on the concept of “toxic forgiveness” consulted with UW–Madison’s Robert Enright, an expert in forgiveness science and professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. “Toxic forgiveness” refers to forgiving someone when you still feel hurt or haven’t …
The Washington Post highlighted the expertise of UW–Madison’s Robert Enright, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, in a story that is headlined, “Moving lessons on forgiveness out of religious spaces and into schools.” Enright Enright is considered to be one of the founders of the scientific study of forgiveness and …
Ask Percival Matthews about his vision for what equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) work across the UW–Madison School of Education should look like, and he pauses for a moment. He has his own ideas. Plenty of them. But he also acknowledges that EDI work can be hard — and stresses how one person can’t do …
It has been quite a year for AtentaMente, the Mexican non-profit organization for which Leandro Chernicoff, a doctoral student within the Department of Educational Psychology, is a founding partner and Academic & Research Director. AtentaMente specializes in social-emotional learning and education, empowering educators and other members of society to cultivate well-being via awareness, self-regulation, and …
Forbes highlighted the expertise of Robert Enright, professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, in a recent feature on forgiveness. Enright is considered to be one of the founders of the scientific study of forgiveness and was recently lauded as a “game changer” in modern psychology by the American Psychological Association. In the Forbes article, Enright explained …
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 …
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 …