Category: Spotlight News

Despite current shortages, Eklund is positive about future outlook for school mental health professionals

Posted on

Currently, many districts are struggling to hire enough mental health professionals to serve the needs of their students. However, Eklund, an associate professor and co-director of the School Psychology area in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, expressed a positive outlook when it comes to recruiting and teaching the next generation of these professionals. Speaking …

UW–Madison’s Kaplan will be guest professor at Heidelberg University in Germany

Posted on

UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was named an international guest professor and will spend three months at the Institute für Bildungswissenshaft (Institute for Education Science) at Heidelberg University in Germany. The professorship is part of the project “Expanding Internationality,” a component of the university’s Excellence …

‘If we could learn to not be fooled’: Educational psychology professor wins grant to fight misinformation

Posted on

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 …

Enright discusses scientific study of forgiveness on Wisconsin Public Radio

Posted on

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 …

UW–Madison’s Enright lauded as ‘game changer’ in modern psychology

Posted on

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 …

School of Education authors receive ‘best paper’ honors at learning sciences annual meeting

Posted on

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 …

UW–Madison’s Vlach advisor to Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship recipients

Posted on

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 …

Research, mentorship, innovation keep Educational Psychology program top ranked year after year

Posted on

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 …

UW–Madison’s Vlach receives Romnes Research Fellowship

Posted on

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. …

UW-Madison’s Barber and Lazaroff receive Graduate Student Services Scholarship

Posted on

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 …