Designing Home Learning Materials for High-Need Families: Lessons from/for Museums and Libraries Rebekah Willett, Associate Professor at the iSchool, will co-direct a project with Peter Wardrip, Assistant Professor of STEAM Education in Curriculum and Instruction, to investigate how libraries and museums can better support home learning for high-needs families. The pair secured a $243,700 CARES …
Dr. Ian Hutchins is proud to be a returning Badger. He earned both a B.S. in Genetics and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UW–Madison, and his expertise in scientific research has heavily influenced his success in the information and data sector. While working at the National Institutes of Health, he developed the Relative Citation Ratio, …
Special Libraries Association (SLA) Conference Support Rita Ormsby, an iSchool alumna, has generously offered to cover the registration cost for six students wishing to attend the virtual 2020 Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference that will be held Oct 14-16, 2020. Students who are interested in attending the SLA conference on Oct 14-16, should contact the …
Jameson Zaballos earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at UW–Madison in 2017 and returned to earn a certificate in User Experience Design (UX) at the iSchool in 2019. Zaballos is currently working as an AI Software Engineer at Dell, as well as volunteers with Code2College as a mentor for students interested in tech fields. …
iSchool alumna Janet Tom (MA’99) was one of ten librarians across the country to be awarded ALA’s 2019 “I Love My Librarian Award” for her work at the San Francisco Public Library. Co-workers and patrons nominated Tom for her excellent reference skills and her dedication to the San Francisco community through unique educational programming and …
Dear Students, Alumni, Faculty and Staff of the iSchool, In the wake of recent racist anti-Black incidents and violence in Minnesota, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, New York, and elsewhere around the country, we call for full and deep solidarity with our African American students, faculty, staff, alumni and neighbors. The iSchool joins UW–Madison leadership and the …
The iSchool is thrilled to announce the addition of several faculty members! The hiring process began in early 2020 and visits to Madison luckily finished up a few weeks before campus closed facilities in March. The incoming faculty will diversify the iSchool’s research areas, as well as add new strengths to share with students through …
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett’s research on children’s media and technology use couldn’t come at a better time than during the COVID-19 shutdown. Now more than ever, young children are using screens and digital technologies to learn, visit with friends, and find entertainment. Before technology became even more prevalent than it is now, Willett was already …
Congratulations to iSchool alum Rebecca Millerjohn! Ms. Millerjohn was named a 2020 Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. Currently a Youth Services Librarian at Madison Public Library, she is recognized for incorporating assessment into the maker space movement. Read more about her inspiring work on the Library Journal site.
Associate Professor Rebekah Willett has been named a partner investigator in the first global effort to study the effects of digital technology on children based in the Australian Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. The new Centre is based at Queensland University of Technology and headed by Professor Susan Danby. The $23.4 million project …