School of Education
Greetings and Gratitude! I have just returned from a year-long sabbatical leave. During my leave, I prioritized my health and wellness. Now that I have returned, I will be implementing new strategies that will sustain my health and wellness. I appreciate your patience and grace during this season of transition as I discover and explore …
Dr. Xueli Wang (pronounced similar to “Shoo-lee Wong”) is the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Endowed Professor in Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She teaches graduate courses on community colleges, mixed methods research, and assessment in higher education. With a focus on community colleges and postsecondary STEM education, her program of research examines educational practices, …
Dr. Aireale J. Rodgers is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Drawing on frameworks from critical race studies and the learning sciences, Dr. Rodgers’ scholarship seeks to illuminate how people’s everyday (mis)understandings about race and racism shape learning across various higher education ecologies. Currently, she uses qualitative techniques to study …
Frank Fernandez is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He teaches graduate courses on organizational theory and education finance. His work emphasizes higher education’s potential for promoting the public good through three strands of research. First, concerned with the role of higher education in society, especially in regard …
Krystal L. Williams, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Education Policy and Equity Research Collective (Ed_PERC), which explores issues regarding race and public policy with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and …