Wendy L. Way
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Professor Wendy Way received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle and master’s and doctoral degrees from Oregon State University. Besides her appointments in the School of Human Ecology, Dr. Way holds a faculty appointment with the School of Education Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She currently chairs the UW-Madison Committee on Retirement Issues and serves as a member of both the University Assessment Council and University Academic Planning Council. Dr. Way has chaired the National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education and served as Editor of the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and the Journal of Vocational Education Research. She has also filled terms as a member of the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Task Force on Financial Literacy Education and as an educational consultant to Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Way’s research, teaching and service focuses on enhancing economic opportunities and economic well-being among youth and adults, particularly those representing underserved populations. Dr. Way serves as Project Director for a number of funded research and development efforts. Currently, she is directing two research efforts funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE). One is investigating the impact of state-level financial literacy education mandates on the consumer behavior and pre-behaviors of college-age students. The other project is studying the financial issues and personal finance teaching capacity among K-12 educators.
As Associate Dean in the School of Human Ecology, Dr. Way provides leadership for undergraduate academic programs and those that serve nontraditional audiences through credit outreach. She has been instrumental in making several of her own courses available on-line and coordinating offerings so that individuals may pursue family and consumer teacher certification at a distance. Dr. Way is currently directing two funded projects designed to enhance academic offerings throughout the School of Human Ecology. 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.
In the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Dr. Way coordinates the undergraduate Family and Consumer teacher certification program and regularly supervises student teaching and other field experiences. She also advises the UW-Madison student chapter of the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (WAFCS).
Course taught by Professor Way include:
Inter-HE 330 Practicum (Pre-student Teaching for Family and Consumer Education)
Inter-HE 428 Program Planning in Family and Consumer Education
Inter-HE/ELPA 660 Foundations of Education for Work
Inter-HE 661 Organization and Operation of Education for Work Programs
Inter-HE 662 Designing Education for Work Curricula
ELPA 725 Research Methods
Recent publications include:
Family and Consumer Sciences Programs in Secondary Schools: Results of a National Survey. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 98(1), 2006, pp. 19-25.
Career, Community, and Family Connections: Addressing the Complexities of Life Work in Family and Consumer Teacher Education. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education (forthcoming).
