Workshops 2018-2019
Autumn Quarter Schedule
Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2018
| Oct 12 | Special Event: Anthony Bryk, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Title: Effective Elementary Schools: Lessons in School Improvement from Chicago’s South Side Note: This event takes place Fri, Oct 12, 2018 from 830 am – 1030 am at The University Club of Chicago, Northwestern Room, located at 76 East Monroe Street in downtown Chicago. |
| Oct 16 | Melissa Osborne, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago Title: Jumping the Ladder: How Low-Income and First-Generation Students Navigate Social Mobility Through College |
| Oct 24 | Special Event: Derek Neal, Professor of Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago Note: This event takes place on Wed Oct 24, 2018 at 300 pm in the Social Science Tea Room 201 (second floor) located at 1126 East 59th Street Title: Information, Incentives, and Education Policy, Harvard University Press, May 2018 |
| Oct 30 | Camika Royal, Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Loyola University Maryland Title: You Can’t Get Here from There: Equity Leaders in Need of Liberatory Pedagogies |
| Nov 6 | Fatemeh Momeni, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Chicago Title: Why Are Measures of Early Education Program Too Pessimistic? Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment |
| Nov 13 | Shanta Robinson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago Title: Homeless Youth of Color and the Shaping of Aspirations: The (Re) productive Role of Institutions |
| Nov 27 | Amy Lieberman, Assistant Professor of Deaf Studies, Boston University Title: Learning Language in the Visual World: How Interaction Shapes Early Word Learning in Young Deaf Children |
| Dec 4 |
Student Presentations |
Winter Quarter Schedule
Jan 7 – Mar 23, 2019
| Jan 15 | Michael Dinerstein, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Title: The Effect of Value-Added Incentives on Multidimensional Teacher Output: Evidence from Tenure Reform in New York City |
| Jan 22 | Ramon M. Griffin, PhD, Chief Culture Officer, University of Chicago Charter Schools Title: A Phenomenological Case Study of Four Black males Exposed to Cumulative Trauma that Attended a ‘No Excuses’ Charter School |
| Jan 29 |
NO EDUCATION WORKSHOP |
| Feb 5 | Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: A Decade of Growth in Academic Achievement Gaps: Segregation, Common Core, or Other Factors? |
| Feb 12 | Sally Sadoff, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego Title: Improving College Instruction through Incentives |
| Feb 19 | Anna Mueller, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago Title: Identity, Mental Health & Schooling: Insights from a High School with Recurring Suicide Clusters |
| Feb 26 |
Student Presentations Title: Career and Technical Education in the Era of College for All Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter. Neil Cholli, Economics Title: Parental Influence and Child Agency in Educational Decisions and Intergenerational Mobility Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter. Karlyn Gorski, Sociology Title: In School for After School: The Relationship Between Extracurricular Participation and Click here to download an abstract of the presentation and a bio of the presenter. |
| Mar 6 | Special Event Joshua D. Angrist, Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Please Note: This event takes place on Wed, Mar 6, 2019 from 300 pm until 430 pm Title: Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design Click here for Abstract Social Sciences Research Building – 1126 East 59th Street – First Floor Seminar Room 122 |
| Mar 12 | Student Presentations Cristina Carrazza, Department of Psychology Title: Making Storytime Count Improving Math Learning at Home Through Literacy and David McMillon, Harris School of Public Policy Title: A Theoretical Analysis of Behavioral Infractions and School Disciplinary Policy Click here for Abstract |
Spring Quarter Schedule
Apr 1 – Jun 15, 2019
| Apr 9 | Jens Ludwig, Professor, University of Chicago Title: Behavioral Science for Education Policy Impact Click here for Abstract |
| Apr 16 | Stefanie Deluca, Professor, Johns Hopkins University Title: Coming of Age in the Other America Click here for Abstract |
| Apr 23 |
Rucker Johnson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, |
| Apr 30 | Jessaca Spybrook, Professor, Western Michigan University Title: What can we Learn from Randomized Trials in Education? A Look at the Past, Present, and Future Click here for Abstract |
| May 7 | Jason Grissom, Associate Professor of Public Policy Education, Peabody College/Vanderbilt University Title: Investigating Race and Gender Biases in High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations (joint work with Brendan Bartanen) Click here for Abstract |
| May 14 | Kelly Trezise, Postdoctoral Scholar, Comparative Human Development University of Chicago Title: Characterizing Students’ Anxiety and Cognitive Functioning During Math Problem Solving and Learning |
| May 21 | Sarah Komisarow, Assistant Professor, Stanford School of Public Policy, Duke University Title: Getting on Track Outside of School Evidence from StudentU |
| May 28 | David Deming, Professor, Harvard University This week’s workshop will be rescheduled – No workshop Tue May 28 |