UW–Madison graduate student Chaeyeon Kim received the award for Best Doctoral Colloquium Paper at the 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) in June. Kim Kim’s paper, “A Comparison of Teachers and Students in Categorizing …
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Bucky’s Classroom Star: Helping 7th graders across the state prepare for college
By Serena Wang Stephanie Kressin of UW–Madison’s Bucky’s Classroom team meets with 7th-grade students at Maplewood Middle School in Menasha, Wisconsin. (Photo: Bryce Richter) In her five years working for University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Bucky’s Classroom program, …
Lauren Knuckey and Sahian Cruz, School Psychology students, receive 2025 Kratochwill Award
Two School Psychology PhD students, Lauren Knuckey and Sahian Cruz, were each awarded a 2025 Thomas R. Kratochwill Dissertation Award to Advance Prevention and Intervention Sciences. Lauren writes, “I am grateful to have received the …
Seven from School of Education win 2024-25 Teaching Assistant Awards
The 2024-25 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven exceptional graduate students from the School of Education. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. …
Pauline Ho, Ed Psych student, recognized as one of UW–Madison’s ‘notable graduates’
Pauline Ho, who today will be graduating with a doctoral degree from the School of Education, was recognized as one of UW–Madison’s spring 2024 “notable graduates” by University Communications. Pauline Ho Ho “had just $3,000 in …
Ed Psych students receive School of Education and Department awards
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, …
Priscilla Tovar-Perez awarded O’Shea Fellowship
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 …
Q&A with 2023 winter graduate, Leandro Chernicoff
On Sunday, Dec. 17, UW–Madison and the School of Education will be celebrating its latest cohort of talented graduates with 2023 Winter Commencement celebrations. Ahead of the big day, we reached out to a few …
Students recognize five School of Education educators as ‘Honored Instructors’
UW–Madison students living in University Housing each year have the ability to recognize outstanding educators via the Honored Instructor program. Top left to right: Kalil Mitchell, Emily Graves; Bottom left to right: Jerry Jordan, Hannah Rapp, Simone Schweber …
Jenny Alexander Perseverance Fellowship: Supporting and honoring the power of tenacious PhD students
By Laurel White Her son and his friends called her “Dr. J.” It was a nod to the nickname of an all-star basketball player at the time, Julius Erving, but it was also an acknowledgement …