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Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
School of Education
UW-Madison
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Madison, WI  53706-1326

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Mission Statement

The mission of the department is to create, evaluate, exchange, and apply knowledge about leadership, learning, and organizational performance to prepare scholars and scholar practitioners who cultivate equity and educational opportunity in a diverse and changing world.

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Department Chair

Jerlando F. L. Jackson, PhD
Vilas Distinguished Professor of
Higher Education
Director & Chief Research Scientist,
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory
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Daniel Corral, ELPA Ph.D. student acceptedNYU's Faculty First Look Program
Paris Wicker, ELPA Ph.D. student is a Ph.D. fellow at UW–Madison in a new program for doctoral students across three departments: sociology, education policy studies, and educational leadership and policy analysis.
Mauriell Amechi, Ph.D. alum, accepted a two-year visiting assistant professorship at the University of Redlands. In addition, he has been selected to serve as a co-program chair for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) 2019 conference, which will take place in Portland, OR.

UW-Madison scholars gain global perspectives at summer institute hosted by Beijing Normal
Four scholars with ties to the School of Education traveled to China earlier this summer to take part in the 2018 International Network of Education Institutes’ (INEI) Summer Program, which was hosted by Beijing Normal University. The institute is an effort to build a cross-cultural platform for meaningful intellectual dialogue. Those from UW-Madison taking part in the program included: Hanna Lichtenstein and Kristen McNeill, who are master’s degree students with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis’ Global Higher Education program; alumna Carolyn Schroeder; and Adam Nelson, a Professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies.
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Brett Nachman, ELPA PhD student elected to the national board of directors for Phi Kappa Phi.
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2017-2018 TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO

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2017-2018 MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD TO

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Professors say an accountability effort ignores many of their job duties.

"Coaching to What End? The Development and Enactment of a Shared Critically Oriented Coaching Discourse".  ELPA Faculty Associate,  Dr. Laura Lang was recently published in The Philosophy of Coaching, an online journal. May 2018 

 

 


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Diverse Issues spotlights Jackson’s important work broadening research beyond the academy

September 24, 2018

Hillman to take part in Capitol Hill briefing Sept. 25 hosted by Civil Rights Project

September 24, 2018

Reilly’s commentary for Chronicle examines ways to deliver quality education to all

September 23, 2018
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Fall 2018 Visiting Artist Colloquium: Rashaad Newsome

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The Softening of Stone: Collaborative Acts of Transformation

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National Symposium on College Internship Research

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