Education Workshop - Winter 2025 Schedule

The Committee on Education Workshop is a combination of detailed presentations, discussions and critical evaluations of new findings.  Presentations are given by UChicago faculty and students, as well as experts from other universities.

The Workshop on Education Lecture Series is held on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. in 5727 S University Ave, Room 112

Date Name of Guest Speaker, Workshop Title Recent Publications
January 16th, 2025

David Stovall

Workshop: Black Fugitive Futures: Embracing the Possibilities of Abolition in the Here and Now

The Gradual and Immediate Violence of an Engineered Conflict:  School Closings, Public Housing, Law Enforcement and the Future of Black Life in Chicago

January 23rd, 2025

Haruka Uchida and John List

Workshop: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Toward an Understanding of Fade-out in Early Childhood Education Programs

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Toward an Understanding of Fade-out in Early Childhood Education Programs
January 30th, 2025

David Uttal

Workshop: Towards Cognitive Mapping for Humans: The Influences of Maps and Mapping on Spatial Cognition

Seeing the Big Picture: Map Use and the Development of Spatial Cognition
February 6th, 2025

Rebecca Unterman

Workshop: The Effects of New York City’s Small Public High Schools of Choice: A Portfolio of Work Estimating Impacts on Student Outcomes and Exploring School Features Related to Student Success

New York City’s Small Schools of Choice
A First Look at Effects on Postsecondary Persistence and Labor Market Outcomes
February 13th, 2025

Alex Eble

Workshop: Gender Inequality in Academic Science: How and Why Men and Women Benefit Differentially from Major Career Opportunities

 
February 20th, 2025

Sean Drake

Workshop: Onward and Upward: Race and Refugee Youth in a Rust Belt City

 

 

February 27th, 2025

Student Presentations

Workshop: TBD

 
March 6th, 2025

Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick

Workshop: TBD

 

For additional information on the Workshop on Education Lecture Series, to be added to the distribution list, or if you are a person with disabilities who may need assistance, please contact one of our Workshop Coordinators: Peyton Cunningham (cpcunningham@uchicago.edu), Della Cox (della@uchicago.edu), Emma Heidorn (eheidorn@uchicago.edu), or Jake Nicoll (jwnicoll@uchicago.edu).

Guanglei Hong is the Committee on Education Chair and Faculty Representative.