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 …
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School of Education authors receive ‘best paper’ honors at learning sciences annual meeting
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 …
Matthews named School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion
Percival Matthews will be the UW–Madison School of Education’s next associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, Dean Diana Hess announced following a recently completed search. Matthews has served as interim associate dean since Aug. 1, …
Knabe sets sights on Three Minute Thesis® Final
Ed Psych PhD student Melina Knabe has advanced to the final round of UW-Madison’s Three Minute Thesis® competition. With a single static PowerPoint slide and a max time of three minutes, Knabe moved through the …
UW–Madison’s Lexie Barber receives Dissertation Grant Award
Ed Psych PhD student Lexie Barber has been named a recipient of the Society for the Study of School Psychology’s (SSSP) Fall 2021 Dissertation Grant Award for her dissertation titled, “Using community collaboration to evaluate …
UW–Madison’s Nathan to deliver presentation for teachers in Santiago, Chile
UW–Madison’s Mitch Nathan has been invited to deliver a presentation at an event for teachers in Santiago, Chile, focused on “Enseñando con el Cerebro en Mente / Teaching with the Brain in Mind.” Nathan is …
Associate Professor Haley Vlach Featured on PBS – “Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember”
The Department of Educational Psychology Associate Professor, and The LCD Lab’s PI, Dr. Haley Vlach, was featured on PBS this month, speaking about “Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember.” The hour-long episode overviewed some of the …
David Williamson Shaffer Awarded $2.5 million National Science Foundation EHR Core Research Grant
The National Science Foundation’s EHR Core Research program has awarded a $2.5 million grant to David Williamson Shaffer, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Department of Educational …
Sullivan, Sarah
As a faculty associate in the Department of Surgery, my Ed Psych degree, with a focus in Learning Sciences, allows me to apply theories of learning to understand how people become competent doctors and how we can support this process to facilitate quality patient care. The training that I received in assessment as well as quantitative and qualitative research methods has been invaluable in allowing me to investigate and make meaningful contributions in the field of medical education.
Michaelis, Joseph
Joe’s research involves studying interest development and its impact on learning in STEM education, focusing on the role of learning environments, feedback, cognitive development and influence of social constructs and identities. This work examines designing scaffolded instruction from teachers, other students, and educational technologies to best meet the needs of students at different phases of interest development. This work is conducted in classrooms, homes, out-of-school STEM education settings, and in lab based intelligent tutoring systems using data collected via observation, interview, survey and eye-tracking.