Research within the Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS) focuses on three main areas: comparative international education and global studies, history and humanities, and social sciences and education. Bolstered by 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
Explore featured department research projects currently being conducted by faculty members and graduate students.
This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels.
Comparative International Education and Global Studies
History and Humanities
Social Sciences and Education
Building Democratic Decision-making for Educational Change
Embracing Complexity: The Diverse Efforts to Address Racial Inequity in One School District
Exploring Race and Opportunity in Community-based Spaces
Mobilizing Youth Voices for Racial Justice
The Dark Side of Data Use: Understanding Systemic Cheating in Atlanta
The Effects of Tulsa’s Early Childhood Education Programs on High School Outcomes
The Reading Revolution: Multilingual Literacies in International Settings
Understanding Declines in Regulated Child Care Supply and Subsidy Use in Wisconsin
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 Student Theses
Curious about what topics EPS graduate students have studied? View a list of theses titles produced by past students.
