Taking over as director of the聽Goodlad Institute聽for Educational Renewal,聽mathematics professor Dr. Allison Hintz knew she stood on big聽shoulders. Her first聽order of business:聽return to聽the work of Dr. John聽Goodlad, the renowned educational researcher聽for whom the聽institute聽is聽named. In聽doing so,聽Hintz聽came to聽more deeply appreciate聽鈥斅燼nd take fresh inspiration from 鈥斅爃is profound influence on the field of education. 鈥淭hrough many large-scale research projects and influential books, Dr. Goodlad strengthened the democratic purposes of schooling, deepening the understandings of how schools work and how they could improve,鈥� Hintz said….
Tag: social justice
Mentorship in medicine
Meet Dr. Estell Williams, 鈥�13, an emergency surgeon, community builder, dedicated mentor and the UW鈥檚 2026 honoree for Black History Month. From the first grade, Dr. Estell Williams knew she wanted to be a doctor. The self-described science nerd isn鈥檛 quite sure where that came from, but she鈥檚 got a few guesses. Maybe it鈥檚 the fact that she had a Black pediatrician growing up, one whose office walls were plastered with photos of Black patients and their families, making it…
Toward liberation
Dr. Dan Berger, professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, is recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Community-Engaged Scholar Award. As a young activist, Dr. Dan Berger found special inspiration in the Black visionaries of the 鈥�60s and 鈥�70s. So how, he wondered, did we get here? 鈥淗ere鈥� is an era of mass incarceration, he said, in which more Americans have criminal records than have union cards. And he has made it his life鈥檚 work to answer that question….