School of Human Ecology

Projects

• Wisconsin Food Security Project

  The Wisconsin Food Security Project is a cutting-edge interactive food security data and mapping portal developed in collaboration with UW-Extension a...

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Fact Sheets

  Grandparents Raising Grandchildren is a series of nine fact sheets developed by specialists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of W...

• UW Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies

  The Center for Community & Nonprofit Studies was established at UW-Madison in 2008 through the School of Human Ecology. The center coordinates facult...

• Healthy farm-to-school meals: Empowering lunch ladies as change-agents

  The primary goal of this project is to cultivate lunch ladies as community-based leaders who are inspired and committed to making healthy, farm-to-sch...

• Sesame Street Incarceration Materials

  About 1 in 14 children has experienced the incarceration of a co-resident parent. The incarceration of a loved one can be overwhelming for both childr...

• Kids with Incarcerated Parents Blog

  In this blog, I bring up issues that I encounter in my professional role as a scientist and an advocate for children whose parents are incarcerated. I...

• Supporting feminist, trauma-informed practice in decarceration community organizing

  The FREE Campaign, supported by the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, is focused on women who have experienced incarceration, a critical health equity...

• Developing Participatory Evaluation Tools with Centro Hispano of Dane County’s Youth Programs

  During the summer of 2020, Centro Hispano of Dane County, the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and UW's School of Human Ecology worked togethe...

• Supporting Fathers and Families - Sharing Lessons Learned from Wisconsin Dads

  A statewide needs assessment of Wisconsin-based fathers that provided information about: 1) the specific needs of fathers across the state of Wisconsi...

• Early Childhood Health Consultation

  The Early Childhood Health Consultation (ECHC) is a free program to support the implementation of best health & safety practices within early childhoo...