Professor Julie Poehlmann is featured in an episode of “University Place” produced by PBS Wisconsin. She reviews the impacts of parental incarceration on children.
Holiday Survival Tips from 5 Financial Pros (Edge Media Network-including 145 outlets in the U.S.; Whelan)
Clinical professor Christine B. Whelan was quoted in an Edge Media Network article where she shares her money-saving strategies and budgeting tips during holiday shopping season.
How to Manage Credit Card Debt When Holiday Shopping (The New York Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Collins)
Faculty director of the Center of Financial Security, J. Michael Collins, was quoted in a The New York Times article on how to navigate holiday shopping without taking on new debt.
Research Insights: Economic hardships for divorced mothers in Wisconsin
UW–Madison School of Human Ecology PhD student Trisha Chanda’s research was recently published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Chanda’s article, “Economic Wellbeing and Labor Supply Patterns of Subsequently Divorcing Mothers in Wisconsin” …
Campus First: Carolee Dodge Francis is first Native woman to chair a department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carolee Dodge Francis, EdD, Ecology of Human Well-Being Professor, grew up on the Menominee reservation in Northeastern Wisconsin. A member of the Oneida Nation, she was the first person in her immediate family to complete …
Partnership benefits Native children and families and provides a memorable learning experience for students
Every year, Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, spends a couple of days at the St. Croix Chippewa’s Tribal Health Center in Northwest Wisconsin serving their youngest children and their families. He brings a team of …
Building of Ho-Chunk structure on campus promotes awareness of Indigenous land history (news.wisc.edu; McInnes and Fairbanks)
During November (Native American Heritage Month), about two dozen campus volunteers, including Brian McInnes and Marianne Fairbanks, assisted Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation, in constructing a Ho-Chunk housing structure on …
UW System honors two from UW–Madison with DEI achievement awards (diversity.wisc.edu; Sarmiento)
Carolina S. Sarmiento, PhD, Assistant Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies, received the Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award from the UW System. This is an honor given annually to faculty, staff, students or …
Research Insights: Online Racial Discrimination Among Youth
The Journal of Youth and Adolescence recently published a study, “The good with the bad? Social Media and Online Racial Discrimination Influences on Psychological and Academic Functioning in Black and Hispanic Youth.” Here, lead author …
Beads of Connection: Indigenous EcoWell event highlights beadwork in fostering community and resilience
The inaugural EcoWell Beading Exhibition showcased the creations of selected Indigenous artists from across Wisconsin, as well as providing a learning venue to illustrate the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation. Through hands-on beading activities, attendees were invited to experience the creativity of beading and cultural humility as it relates to Indigenous traditions of learning and social interactions.