When Trisha Chanda arrived in Madison, Wisconsin to begin her studies as a School of Human Ecology PhD student, it was her first time in the United States. Nearly 8,000 miles away from her hometown …
School News
News about research, awards, and other noteworthy updates from the School of Human Ecology
Margaret Kerr receives 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award
Margaret Kerr, assistant professor of Human Development & Family Studies, was selected to receive a 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Provost Karl Scholz presented Kerr with the Emil Steiger Teaching Award at a …
Four graduate students receive teaching and mentoring scholarship awards
Each year, the School of Human Ecology recognizes graduate students with scholarship awards in outstanding teaching and mentoring. The Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award recognizes graduate students who work to be excellent and equitable educators. …
Human Ecology students win $50,000 grant award at the Philanthropy Lab Ambassadors Conference
Brelynn Bille and Morgan Peters represented the UW–Madison School of Human Ecology at the 2022 Philanthropy Lab Ambassadors Conference. Brelynn and Morgan competed with undergraduate student ambassadors from 14 U.S. colleges and universities for a …
Day of the Badger 2023 a success
During Day of the Badger on March 28–29, 2023, more than 160 people donated to the School of Human Ecology, collectively raising more than $60,000. These numbers are even higher than last year’s and help …
Meet Joshua Brown, postdoctoral research associate
Joshua Brown is a postdoctoral research associate in Human Development & Family Studies at the School of Human Ecology. The position is funded through an initial Research Support for Mid-Career/Senior Faculty mechanism awarded to Lauren …
Ben Fisher awarded $1.7 million grant from U.S. Department of Education
Ben Fisher, associate professor of Civil Society & Community Studies, has been awarded a $1.7 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to study how security measures used by schools …
Three Human Ecology honorees on Wisconsin’s Most influential Native American Leaders 2023 list
Madison365 released its list of Wisconsin’s 33 Most Influential Native American Leaders for 2023 and we have three Human Ecology honorees, including PhD student Josie Lee (Civil Society & Community Research), alumna Nicole Soulier ’09 …
Alvin Thomas appointed to national children’s well-being forum
Alvin Thomas, assistant professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow, has been appointed to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Forum for Children’s Well-Being: Promoting Cognitive, …
Q&A with Jacob Hauenstein, Personal Finance Student
Jacob Hauenstein is a fourth-year undergraduate student studying Personal Finance-Financial Planning. As an outstanding student, he’s earned a national scholarship from Envestnet for his senior year at UW–Madison. Upon graduating in May, he will work …