Research within the Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) focuses on three main areas: comparative, international, and global studies in education, history and humanities, and social sciences and education. Bolstered by faculty expertise and research centers — including the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, one of the largest and most productive research centers in the nation — we drive innovation in educational policy.
Areas of Research and Projects
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Comparative, International, and Global Studies in Education
Circle of Care: A Transformative Model for Supporting Orphans’ Education in Malawi – Nancy Kendall
The College Internship Study – Matthew Hora
The Reading Revolution: Multilingual Literacies in International Settings – Lesley Bartlett
Tikuyendadi: Supporting Expansive Education for Children with Disabilities in Malawi – Nancy Kendall
History and Humanities
A Marketplace of Ideas: The Economy of Higher Education in Early America – Adam Nelson
The Calculating Boy: The Amazing World of Zerah Colburn – William Reese
Capital of Mind: The Idea of a Modern American University – Adam Nelson
What Happened to the Public Schools in Washington, D.C.? – William Reese
Social Sciences and Education
Building Democratic Decision-making for Educational Change – Erica Turner
Online internships amidst the Covid-19 pandemic – Matthew Hora
The Dark Side of Data Use: Understanding Systemic Cheating in Atlanta – Erica Turner
The Effects of Tulsa’s Early Childhood Education Programs on High School Outcomes – Amy Claessens
Understanding Declines in Regulated Child Care Supply and Subsidy Use in Wisconsin – Amy Claessens
Variation in Math Instruction Across Schools and Grades – Amy Claessens
Who’s Matched Up? Access to Same-Race Instructors in Higher Education – Taylor Odle
Centers and Groups
Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
Unique among education research centers in its whole-child, ecological approach to research, the Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) focuses on children ages 0-8, their families, and communities.
Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions
The mission of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) is to provide and support critical research aimed at illuminating students’ experiences and voices with respect to college-workforce transitions.
International and Comparative Education Research Group
International and Comparative Education Research Group (ICERG) is an organization dedicated to scholarly discussion of work in the field of international and comparative education.
Graduate Dissertations
Curious about what topics EPS graduate students have studied? View a list of dissertation titles produced by past students.
