University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Main Researchers

Molle, Daniella

Dr. Daniella Molle is a qualitative researcher who conducts inquiries related to equitable education for historically underserved students. She has a background in the teaching and learning of English as an additional language. For a decade, her work focused on expanding educators’ capacity to meet the needs of multilingual students through job-embedded professional learning. Since …

Probst, Caleb

Caleb Probst is a postdoctoral research associate with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), working exclusively on the CALL/ECL project. As a qualitative researcher and curriculum designer, Caleb explores new ways to teach concepts related to equity and social justice. His dissertation research involved developing card games and roleplay activities and studying their use in …

Saldaña, Chris

Dr. Christopher Saldaña is an assistant professor and Anna Julia Cooper fellow in the department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research examines the relationship between K–12 school finance policy, practice, and politics and educational opportunity, with a particular focus on the educational opportunity of …

Tesfa, Edom

Edom Tesfa is a postdoctoral research associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University, where she is also affiliated with the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Using participatory and ethnographic methods, her research investigates how K-12 schools and community organizations promote healthy, holistic development for low-income immigrant youth and families …