UW–Madison’s Courtney Bell, a professor of learning sciences in the School of Education’s top-ranked Department of Educational Psychology, has been appointed chair of the Governing Council of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Bell ICPSR is an international consortium of more than 800 academic and research organizations and is home to the world’s …
A UW–Madison program aimed at helping educators ethically and effectively use artificial intelligence (AI) to support their work will continue for a second year. In its second year, the program will be offered to educators within the Universities of Wisconsin System. The Disillusioning AI for Teachers Fellowship, which launched in fall 2025, offers in-depth sessions aimed at increasing …
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 physical world. The episode highlights how, from solving algebra problems to understanding complex ideas, our bodies help us learn in …
Three faculty from the School of Education have been elected to the National Academy of Education in recognition of their significant contributions to education research and policy. Richard Halverson, Stacey Lee, and David Shaffer were among just 19 scholars nationwide to be selected for the honor this year. The National Academy of Education advances high-quality research to …
By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member has received an internationally competitive award from the Society for Learning Analytics Research that will support her research on bias in artificial intelligence tools. Karumbaiah Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the organization’s annual ECR Research Grant. The honor recognizes a promising early …
Read the full article with all 2025 Faculty and Staff Award Winners here. Faculty Distinguished Achievement Awards The Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes faculty members who have made contributions and demonstrated continued excellence in each of the three areas of teaching, research, and service. James Wollack Department of Educational Psychology For more than two decades, …
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced the selection of 29 exemplary scholars as 2025 AERA Fellows — including four who are faculty members with UW–Madison’s School of Education. The AERA Fellows Program honors scholars for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research. Nominated by their peers, the 2025 Fellows were selected by the Fellows …
By Laurel White Maternal experiences with racism could affect brain development of children in utero, according to a study co-authored by a School of Education faculty member and doctoral student. The study, published in Scientific Reports, found preliminary evidence that mothers who experienced racism during pregnancy gave birth to newborns who showed changes in brain activity, particularly …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Hilldale Professor and Richard L. Venezky Professor of Educational Psychology, has been appointed by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to lead a project to harmonize international and regional educational assessments. Kaplan This effort supports UNESCO’s mission to forecast progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goal of achieving minimum proficiency in reading and mathematics by 2030 …
(From Inside UW) Icy (Yunyi) Zhang: Assistant professor of learning sciences, Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education Hometown: Suzhou, China Educational/professional background: BA in psychology, University of California, Los Angeles; PhD in psychology, University of California, Los Angeles Icy Zhang What is your field of research, and how did you get into it? Growing up influenced by …