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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 …
Elton Crim, Jr. is a Clinical Professor and the Director of the Higher Education Master’s Degree Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Across his three decades of service at UW–Madison, he has made profound contributions in teaching, service, and leadership, earning him the 2026 Ann Wallace Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award from the School of …
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, …
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner earned her PhD from Indiana University in Education Policy Studies with a concentration in higher education and minors in sociology and qualitative inquiry. Prior to coming to UW–Madison, she held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Education Select Publications Select Presentations
Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr. is an award-winning scholar of race, racism, and education policy and practice. Dr. Henry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His interdisciplinary scholarship investigates the politics of education, specifically privatization in education such as school choice/market-based approaches to education. Dr. …
Dr. Welton is on sabbatical leave for the 2026-2027 academic year. Anjalé D. Welton is a scholar whose research examines how educational leaders dialogue about and address race and racism within school communities. Her work also highlights the role of student and community voice, leadership, and activism in driving educational reform and transformation. Dr. Welton …
Jing Yu is an Assistant Professor of International Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2022. Her scholarship focuses on Chinese international students’ perspectives and experiences with race, racism, and racialization. Her research interests include international student mobility, intersections …
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 …
Dr. Francesca López is the Jim and Georgia Thompson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Analysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research centers on educational practices and policies that promote equity and belonging for historically marginalized students, particularly multilingual learners and students from racially and linguistically diverse backgrounds. She began …