WeiLAB research associate, Devon Wilson, recently had his manuscript accepted for publication in the Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. The manuscript is titled “Do Racial Disparities Exist in the Labor Market for Educators. In addition to Devon Wilson, Donald Dantzler, Damian Evans, and Richard McGregory, Jr. contributed to the contents of this manuscript. The…

Dr. Jackson was recently selected as a best paper for RESPECT 2020. The paper selected was titled: The iAAMCS Ecosystem: Retaining Blacks/African-Americans in CS PhD Programs. The paper was written by Dr. Jerlando F.L Jackson, Dr. Jeremy A. M. Waisome. and Dr. Juan E. Gilbert. In addition to being awarded Best of RESPECT Paper, the authors…

WeiLab Research Scientist, Dr. Brian Burt, was nominated for induction into the Martin Luther King Jr. International College of Ministers and Laity at Morehouse College. The Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity is the signature program sponsored by the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. In recognition of Dr.…

Dr. Jackson presented at the recent resident hosted by the Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership (CASL) in Atlanta, GA. The overall theme was Sustaining Leadership That Advances Broadening Participation in STEM among Faculty and Students on HBCU Campus. Dr. Jackson’s presentation was titled Research Strategies for Documenting Leadership in STEM at HBCUs. The…

The 13th Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans and Education will take place on Friday, April 17, 2020 from 8:00am – 6:00pm during the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA. Early career scholars and advanced graduate students will work directly with…

Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson will be presenting at Northwestern’s next colloquium. the colloquium’s topic is “Literacy, Dyslexia, and the Intersection of Race”. The colloquium is put together by Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy. Dr. Robinson will be sharing his presentation titled ” My Journey from Illiteracy to Researcher and Practitioner: The Role of…

Wei Lab Director Dr. Jerlando F.L. Jackson was named one of the 200 most influential scholars in U.S. education based on the 2020 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Every year, Education Week releases a Edu-Scholar Public Influence Ranking. The scholars who make the list are selected based on who did the most in 2019 to…

Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson edited a book titled Promoting Academic Readiness for African American Males with Dyslexia. Promoting Academic Readiness for African American Males with Dyslexia, co-edited with Corey Thompson, addresses the underlying issues pertaining to the literacy achievement levels of African Males. The book was originally a publication in a special edition of Reading &…

(Photo by Sarah Maughan UW-Madison) Dr. Brian A. Burt is Research Scientist in the Wei LAB and Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Through his research he seeks to provide new understandings of the complexity of science participation with the aim of better understanding…

Director Jackson presented at the Exploring Education Disparities in the State of Wisconsin: Catalyzing Opportunities for Engaged Scholarship event hosted by UW-Madison and Extension in October 2019. Dr. Jackson’s presentation was titled, “Disrupting Educational Disparities, Segregation, and Mass Incarceration: Hidden Battle Grounds for Black Males.” The event was part of the Campus Engagement Series, which…

On October 14, 2019 Director Jackson delivered a keynote address at the inaugural Academic Excellence Achievement Ceremony event at the Wisconsin School of Business for our Business Emerging Leaders (BEL) College Scholars. The BEL Program is the Wisconsin School of Business’s first pre-college pipeline program for diverse, talented, and historically underrepresented students. Students that commit…

Director Jackson served as an instructor at the 2019 Seminar on Leadership of the Faculty, a Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Program at the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education. Professor Jackson delivered two presentations titled, “First Among Equals: Leading Highly Skilled and Sophisticated Academic Professionals” and “Who’s ‘Equal:’ Countering Workplace Bias Anchored in Social…

Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson published an article in Gifted Child Today titled Critical Literacy and Its Impact on African American Boys’ Reading Identity. With the classroom demographics of special education shifting to mirror more diversity among students, PreK-12 teachers may want to examine how critical literacy impacts African American boys’ reading identity with an emphasis…

The Eighth Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education was held November 5 – 8, 2019, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the Milwaukee Marriott Downtown. The theme for this year’s Colloquium was “Disrupting Educational Disparities, Segregation, and Mass Incarceration: Hidden Battle Grounds for Black Males.” Each year, ICBME brings together top researchers, high-impact practitioners, funders,…

Director Jackson delivered the keynote address at the 2019 People of Nia Commencement Ceremony at his alma mater, Iowa State University. The topic of his address was “Alma (or Neglegentia) Mater: The Black Collegiate Experience.” Created in 1997 in response to low retention rates and high attrition rates of Black students at Iowa State University,…

Wei LAB Research Associate Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson was featured on the UberNeuro podcast, a podcast that explore the world of neuro diverse individuals. Robinson shared his graphic novel, Dr. Dyslexia Dude, challenges he’s faced, and where he is now. Listen to the podcast here.

Kayla Gross, Special Projects Manager, presented on challenges facing women in the workplace and tools for navigating them at the 2019 UW-Madison Women & Leadership Symposium with Sheridan Blanford, Director of Inclusion for University of Wisconsin Athletics. Concurrently pursuing a master’s degree in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Gross’…

Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson was a participant in MIT’s first Science of Reading event, co-sponsored by the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. The event brought together researchers, educators, administrators, parents, and students to explore how scientific research can better inform educational practices and policies — equipping…

Director Jackson served as a presenter at the 2019 Seminar on Leadership of the Faculty, a Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Program at the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education. Dr. Jackson worked with participants on effectively leading diverse teams in the academy, especially when faculty are involved, to maximize institutional goals and…

Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory and the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male will host the 8th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from Wednesday, November 6, 2019 to Friday, November 8, 2019, with the Pre-Colloquium on Tuesday, November 5. Milwaukee is at the…

The Asa G. Hilliard and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Education , co-founded and directed by Jerlando Jackson, received a record number of applicants for the day-long seminar held at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. The early career scholars and advanced graduate students will work directly…

DeVon Wilson, Wei LAB Research Associate, served as a panelist at the 2019 Consortium on High Achievement and Success (CHAS) and Institute for Transformative Practice (ITP) Symposium hosted by Brown University in March 2019. Wilson was featured in the opening plenary titled, “Administrators as Disruptors in Higher Education,” with co-panelists David Kamitsuka and Dana Hamdan…

Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson’s visit to Toronto for the AERA conference was enriched by a reading of his graphic novel, Dr. Dyslexia Dude, organized by the Ontario branch of the International Dyslexia Association (ONBIDA). The event was held at a public library in downtown Toronto and open to the public. Following the reading, Dr. Robinson…

In today’s educational space, no student who struggles with reading should be denied a fair and equal education just because teachers are not trained to understand the implications of dyslexia. Failing to learn to read is not failing to learn. It merely means that the orthodox methods of whole-language reading instruction have not favored those…