Speaker Series Archive

Spring 2023 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Gender stereotypes about interests start early and cause gender disparities in STEM	February 10	Dr. Allison Master – University of Houston	View Event
Participatory Design at the Intersection of Learning Sciences and Information Sciences	February 24	Dr. Jason Yip – University of Washington	View Event
Who Do I Say I Am?: Identity and Decision-Making within Postsecondary STEM Engagement for Racially Minoritized Students	March 3	Dr. Terrell Morton – University of Illinois at Chicago	View Event
How to Investigate Creativity and Participation	March 10	Dr. Andruid Kerne – University of Illinois at Chicago	View Event

Fall 2022 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
A causal model to measure the impact of RPPs within large urban school districts: The case of CAFÉCS.	November 4	Dr. Steven McGee, The Learning Partnership	View Event
Examining Network Effectiveness in Research-Practice Partnerships	October 28	Dr. Craig De Voto, University of Illinois at Chicago	View Event
Studying Teacher Sensemaking in the Context of Problems of Practice	October 7	Dr. Hala Ghousseini, University of Wisconsin at Madison	View Event

Spring 2022 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
How Learning Analytics Can Inform A New Generation of Learning Sciences Research	1/28/2022	Dr. Alyssa Wise, Director, NYU Learning Analytics Research Network (NYU-LEARN), Professor of Learning Sciences & Educational Technology, New York University	View Event
Dreaming of Disobedient Designs and Liberatory Grammars in the Learning Sciences	2/18/2022	Dr. Phillip Boda	View Event
Examining how a low-influence member of a collaborative small group negotiates opportunities to participate	3/11/2022	Dr. Paul Hutchison Associate Professor of Education at Grinnell College in Grinnell	View Event
Aesthetic Practices as context for and content of mathematical meaning-making	4/8/2022	Dr. Jasmine Y. Ma, Associate Professor Mathematics and Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, NYU Steinhardt	View Event
Socioculturally Responsive Assessment: What Is It and What Does it Look Like?	TBA	Dr. Randy Bennett, Educational Testing Service	View Event

Fall 2021 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Changing the Way We Grade to Change the Way They Learn	October 22	Dr. Barry Fishman, University of Michigan	View Event
Restructurations in Learning	November 5	Dr. Sharona T. Levy, University of Haifa	View Event
Equitable Rationality: Designing Teacher Learning to Support Embodiments of Equity	November 19	Dr. Sherice Clarke, University of California San Diego	View Event

Spring 2021 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Reimagining the Global Village: Facilitating & Sustaining Youth Learning & Engagement in the Age of COVID-19	February 26	Yolanda Majors, Ph.D. Co-Founder, Hurston Institute for Learning and Development Minneapolis, Minnesota	View Event
Deepening Understandings of Lands/Waters as a Subject in Coordinated Activity	March 19	Ananda M. Marin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Social Research Methodology Graduate School of Education and Information Studies University of California-Los Angeles	View Event
Bridging Between Expansive Learning Environments and Multimodal Learning Analytics	April 16	Marcelo Aaron Bonilla Worsely, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Education and Social Policy Assistant Professor, Computer Science PhD Program, Learning Sciences PhD Program Technology and Social Behavior PhD Program Northwestern University	View Event

Fall 2020 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Exploring integrative, dynamic approaches to understanding teacher practice and learning	9/25/2020	Jennifer Richards, Ph.D, Northwestern University, School Education and Social Policy	View Event
Play as Representational Practice	10/2/2020	Joshua Danish, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Learning Sciences Program Coordinator Indiana University	View Event
Relating to Data: How are we currently shaping K-12 student experiences with quantitative data?	11/13/2020	Victor Lee, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Stanford University	View Event
Examining students historical reasoning during students composition process	12/4/2020	Michael Bolz, Ph.D Candidate, University of Illinois Chicago	View Event

Spring 2020 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Creativity and Learning by Invention	February 14	Dr. Jennifer Wiley, University of Illinois at Chicago	View Event
Interests and STEM learning out-of-school: Taking stock of technical and political dimensions	February 28	Flavio Azevedo, Ph.D, UT Austin, College of Education	View Event
Conceptualizing teacher learning and practice as dynamic: Implications for research and practice	March 13	Jennifer Richards, Ph.D, Northwestern University, School Education and Social Policy	View Event
TBD	March 20	Gregory Larnell, Ph.D, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education	View Event
TBD	April 3	Barry Fishman, Ph.D, University of Michigan, School of Education, School of Information	View Event
TBD	April 24	Alexa Lee-Hassan, doctoral student, University of Illinois at Chicago, Learning Sciences	View Event

Fall 2019 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Two Models for Improving Spatial Thinking	September 6	Dr. David Uttal, Ph.D., Northwestern University	View Event
What Sticks and Why? Investigating—and Designing for—Both Change and Persistence	September 13	Dr. Elenor Anderson, Ph.D. School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University	View Event
Improving teacher learning at scale: Lessons from a 10-year program of work	September 20	Dr. Meg Bates, Ph.D., University of Chicago, USTEM Education	View Event
Impact of Awe on Memories of Learning at Art and Science Museums	October 4	Aaron Price, Ph.D., Museum of Science and Industry	View Event
What’s space got to do with it? Understanding the role of the physical space, information, and technology in collaborative learning environments	October 25	Dr. Mike Tissenbaum, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Education, Educational Psychology	View Event
Instructionally Supportive Tasks in Practice: Considerations of Equity and Inclusion during task enactment	November 8	Krystal Madden, Ph.D. Candidate, Learning Sciences, UIC	View Event
Designing for Heterogeneity in 21st Century Science Learning: Towards Critical Socio-Ecological Science Education	November 15	Dr. Megan Bang, Professor of Learning Sciences, Northwestern University	View Event

Spring 2019 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to event
Evidence-Based Approaches to Curriculum Reform and Assessment	February 1	Dr. Melanie M. Cooper, Ph.D.	View Event
Infrastructuring As a Practice of Design-Based Research for Supporting and Studying Equitable Implementation and Sustainability of Innovations	February 22	Dr. Bill Penuel, Ph.D.	View Event
Emerging Methods in Understanding and Supporting Collaboration in Classrooms	March 8	Dr. Emma Mercier University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	View Event
Supporting and Studying Three-Dimensional Learning and Assessment Activities	March 15	Dr. Don Winks, Dr. Brian Gane, Laura Zeller (PhD student)	View Event
Six Degrees of Engineering-Science Integration in K-12 Education	April 19	Dr. Şenay Purzer, Purdue University	View Event
{TBA}	April 26	Anthony Petrosino University of Texas at Austin	View Event
Using an Integrated Model of Identity Development to Design Digital Learning Environments	May 3	Mirlanda Prudent (LSRI PhD student) University of Illinois at Chicago	View Event

Fall 2018 Heading link

Event Title	Date	Presenter	Link to Event
Collectible Card Games for Learning Cybersecurity"	September 7	Michael K. Thomas, Ph.D.	view event
Looking at my (real) world through mathematics: Memories and imaginaries of STEM learning	September 28	Dr. Patricia Buenrostro, Ph.D.	View Event
Traces, Aesthetics and Geneses: Developing Political and Ethical Perspectives on Learning	October 5	Dr. Shirin Vossoughi, Ph.D.	View Event
What’s worth teaching? Rethinking Curriculum in the Age of Technology	October 19	Dr. Allan Collins, Ph.D.	View Event
Learning Across Professions: Examining Teacher Practice	November 9	Christopher Fry and Dr. Alison Castro Superfine, Ph.D	view event
Understanding of Student Engagement in Online Learning Supports for an Introductory Biology Course	November 16	Dr. Ting Dai, Ph.D.	View Event
Reducing the Impact of Misconceptions and Misinformation	November 30	Dr. Panyiota Kendeou, Ph.D.	View Event