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Aaron Brower, Ph.D.

Professor, Interim Provost at UW-Extension and Special Assistant to the UW-System President

Ph.D., Social Work & Psychology, University of Michigan,1985
M.A., Psychology, University of Michigan,1984
M.S.W., University of Michigan,1982
B.A., Psychology, University of Michigan,1980

E-mail: 
ambrower@wisc.edu
Office Address: 
213 School of Social Work/117c Bascom Hall
Telephone: 
(608) 262-5246 (Provost's Office)
Interests: 

College success and transition to college, educational innovations and evaluation, integrative and immersion learning, group work, social work theory.

Research: 

Aaron Brower's scholarship and teaching focuses on the transition from high school to college, and on a variety of issues related to college student life and “integrative learning” innovations in college education.  The basic idea is that academic and social outcomes are produced when college environments blend in- and out-of-class learning and experiences to create communities of students, faculty and staff who share common learning goals (i.e., learning communities).

Faculty Affiliations: 

Bradley Learning Community
Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Post-Secondary Education
Interdisciplinary Training Program for Predoctoral Research in Education Sciences
LaFollette School of Public Affairs
Integrated Liberal Studies

Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis


Aaron Brower's CV

Recent Publications: 
Soldner, M., Inkelas K. K., & Brower A. M. (2011).  Learning Communities. (Salakind, N J, Ed.).Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology.
Williamson, A. A., Fox B. J., Creswell P., Kuang X., Ceglarek S. L., Brower A. M., et al. (2011).  An Observational Study of the Secondary Effects of a Local Smoke-Free Ordinance. Preventing Chronic Disease. 8 (4)(A83), 
Brower, A. M. (2010).  Living-Learning Programs: One High-Impact Educational Practice We Now Know a lot About. Liberal Education. 96(2), 
Bishof, M. N., Brower A. M., Klein E. M., Groves Lloyd A., Milner J., Ryan R., et al. (2010).  Liberal Education and Institutional Identity: The UW-Madison Experience. Liberal Education. Winter issue 96(1), 36-43.
Brower, A. M., Keyton J., & Moreland R. L. (2010).  The Way We Were. Small Group Research. 41(1), 85 - 90.
Brower, A. M., & Bergman C. J. (2008).  Faculty involvement in residence halls: Bridging between faculty and staff cultures by implementing and extending the features of residential learning communities. (Zeller, William J., Ed.).Residence Life Programs and the New Student Experience.
Brower, A. M., Heiss Arms J. K., & Cabrera A. F. (2008).  Moving Into Students’ Spaces: The Impact of Location of Academic Advising on Student Engagement Among Undecided Students. The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association. 28(1), 8-18. Abstract
Brower, A. M., Garvin C. D., & Kettner-Polley R. (2008).  Small Group Research: An International Journal of Theory, Investigation, and Application. Encyclopedia of Social Work with Groups.
Brower, A. M. (2008).  More like Home than a Hotel: The Impact of Living-Learning Programs on College High-Risk Drinking. Journal of College and University Student Housing. 35(1), 30-47.
Brower, A. M., & Ceglarek S. L. (2007).  Changing the Culture of High-Risk Drinking. Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses.
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