Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
ITP | Sensory Experiences of Math Learning
Sofia Tancredi, Research Associate, WCER
March 13, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Project & Community Learning Series | Fostering Distributed Leadership: A Model for Undergraduate Success in Research
Brendan Eagan, Associate Director for Partnerships and Community Engagement, Center for Research on Complex Thinking
March 16, 2026, 10–11 a.m. , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
Carl A. Grant — Darnel Degand — The Past, The Present, and The Truth: Comics as a Medium for Activism and Legacies
Darnel Degand, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
March 19, 2026, 11 a.m.—noon , Room 259 Educational Sciences or Zoom
ITP | Inclusive Teaching Methods: Best Practices to Help Students from All Backgrounds Succeed in Your Class
Markus Brauer, Professor, Department of Psychology, UW-Madison
March 20, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris (2)
March 26, 2026, 8–9 a.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
April 8, 2026, 1–2:00 p.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris (4)
April 23, 2026, 8–9 a.m. , Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | When and Why Does College Advising “Work”: Evidence from Advise in TN
Taylor Odle, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, UW–Madison
April 24, 2026, Noon–1:30 p.m., Room 259, Educational Sciences
WCER Project & Community Learning Series | Developing an AI-Driven Data Tool for a Research Inquiry
Rich Halverson, ELPA Professor and CALL-ECL PI
April 30, 2026, 11 a.m.—noon , Room 259 Ed Sci or join online via Zoom
Past Events
ITP | Sensory Experiences of Math Learning
Sofia Tancredi, Research Associate, WCER
March 13, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Office Hours with Mariana and Chris
March 11, 2026, 1–2:00 p.m. CT, Director’s Office 785C and Zoom
ITP | Developing and Evaluating an Assessment of Preschoolers’ Science and Engineering Knowledge
Lauren Westerberg, Postdoctoral Research Associate, WCER, UW-Madison
March 6, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
ORS | Mini Grant Writing Workshop
Grant Editors
March 6, 2026, 9 a.m.—Noon , Room 253 Educational Sciences
MLRC Speaker Series | Beyond Individual Trauma: Linguicism, Accountability, and Teachers’ Perceptions of How Trauma-Informed Practices Support Multilingual Learners
Ofelia Castro Schepers, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
March 5, 2026, 1–2 p.m. , Online only
ITP | Early Learning in a Digital World
Heather Kirkorian, Department Chair & Professor, School of Human Ecology, UW-Madison
February 27, 2026, Noon-1:30 pm , 259 Educational Sciences
WCER Community meeting
Mariana Castro, with consultant Darin Harris
February 23, 2026, 2–3:30 p.m. , 259 Educational Sciences
