Wendy
L. Way
Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis
1282-F Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1796
tel: (608)263-5451
fax: (608) 265-3135
Email: wlway@facstaff.wisc.edu |
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Education
I completed my undergraduate and graduate studies in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon:
B.S. Family and Consumer Education, University of Washington, 1971
M.Ed. Career and Technical Education, Oregon State University, 1975
Ed.D. Career and Technical Education and Family Economics,
Oregon State University, 1978
Research and Scholarly Interests
My research, teaching and service focuses on enhancing economic opportunities and economic well-being among youth and adults, particularly those representing underserved populations. I am also interested in academic program leadership in K-12 and higher education settings; the latter of which is directly related to my joint appointment at UW-Madison as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs in the School of Human Ecology.
I currently direct two research projects at UW-Madison, both funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education. One is investigating the impact of state-level financial literacy education mandates on the consumer behavior and pre-behavior of college-age students. The other project is studying financial issues and personal finance teaching capacity among K-12 educators. In addition, I am directing two program development projects for the School of Human Ecology this year, both funded by the UW-Madison central administration. These include a technology enhanced learning project to develop a library of learning objects that will serve students in both academic content and internship courses and an academic assessment project that will enhance ability to use information about student learning for purposes of strategic academic planning.
Selected Publications
*Way, Wendy L. (Forthcoming). Career, Community, and Family Connections: Addressing the Complexities of Life Work in Family and Consumer Teacher Education. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
*Way, Wendy L. (With C. Werhan). (2006). Family and Consumer Sciences Programs in Secondary Schools: Results of a National Survey. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 98(1), 19-25.
*Way, Wendy L. (With E. Hayes) (2003). Low-Income African American Women’s Cultural Models of Work: Implications for Education-for-Work Policies and Practice. Journal of Education and Work, 16(4), 363-383.
Way, Wendy L. (2000). Career, Community and Family Connections. In A. Vail, W. Fox, and P. Wild, Eds. Yearbook 2000 - Leadership for Change: National Standards for Family and Consumer Education, (pp. 34-46). Glencoe: McGraw-Hill.
* Way, Wendy L. (With Bette Montgomery). (1997). The nature of curriculum change as experienced by Wisconsin family and consumer education teachers. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 15, (2), 31-43.
* Way, Wendy L. (With M.M. Rossmann). (1996). Family contributions to adolescent readiness for school-to-work transition. Journal of Vocational Education Research, 21, (2), 5-36.
Personal Statement
I joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August of 1978 with a joint appointment in the Schools of Education and Human Ecology. I currently serve as Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis and Professor and Associate Dean in the School of Human Ecology. In Human Ecology, I direct the undergraduate teacher certification program in Family and Consumer Education, provide leadership for undergraduate academic and credit outreach programs throughout the School, and advise the UW-Madison student chapter of the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (WAFCS). Between 2002 and 2004 I served as Acting Director of the UW-Madison Center on Education and Work in the School of Education. For the past several years, I have chaired the UW-Madison Committee on Retirement Issues and served as a member of the University Academic Planning Council, University Assessment Council, and Council of Associate Deans. Other leadership activities beyond campus have included serving as Editor of both the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and the Journal of Vocational Education Research, chairing the National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education, filling terms as a member of the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Task Force on Financial Literacy Education, and an educational consultant to Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates.
Courses Taught
Inter-HE/C & I 330 Practicum (Pre-student Teaching for Family and Consumer Education)
Inter-HE 428/C & I Program Planning in Family and Consumer Education
Inter-HE/ELPA 660 Foundations of Education for Work
Inter-HE/ELPA 661 Organization and Operation of Education for Work Programs
Inter-HE/ELPA 662 Designing Education for Work Curricula
ELPA 725 Research Methods
Links
Curriculum Vitae 
School of Human Ecology
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