Workshops
Mondays | 400 pm until 530 pm
2012 Winter and Spring Quarter Schedule
Harper Memorial Library Building - HM Room 140
The Workshop on Education alternates between two types of sessions:
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The New Findings in Education section functions as a typical University of Chicago workshop with detailed presentations, discussions and critical evaluations of new findings. Presentations are made by University faculty and students, as well as experts from other universities.
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Methodology sessions involve student presentations of works-in-progress. Discussion is aimed at helping coleagues plan next steps.
For additional information on the Workshop on Education Lecture Series, or to be added to the distribution list, or persons with disabilities who may need assistance, please contact Andrew Mattarella-Micke, Student Coordinator, mattare2@uchicago.edu.
Micere Keels, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development is the 2011 - 2012 Faculty Representative.
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2012 Winter and Spring Quarter Schedule
Mar 29
Melissa Roderick, Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor, School of Social Service Administration
Title: Now that we know that, what do we do? Building the capacity of neighborhood high schools
LOCATION: Harper Room 130 at 430 pm
Apr 2
EVENT CANCELLED Clancy Blair, Professor of Applied Psychology, Steinbhardt School of Cluture Education and
Human Development, New York University
Co-Sponsored with the Center for Human Potential and Pulbic Policy and the Ounce of Prevention Fund; Location TBA
Apr 3
Ece Demir, University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychology
Co-Sponsored with the Department of Comparative Human Development
LOCATION: Harper Room 140 at 430 pm
Apr 9
Robert Crosnoe, Professor, Department of Soicology, University of Texas at Austin
Apr 16
Andrew Mattarella-Micke, University of Chicago IES Fellow
Apr 23
Geetha Ramani, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Apr 30
Chloe Hutchinson-Gibbs, University of Chicago IES Fellow
May 7
Erice Cartmill, University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychology
May 14
Robert S. Seigler, Terese Heinz Professor of Gognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University
May 21
Nicolas Mader, University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Economics
Winter Quarter 2012
Jan 9
Javaeria Qureshi, PhD Candidate, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Title: Additional Returns to Investing in Girls' Education: Impact on Younger Sibling Human Capital
Jan 23
Ofer Malamud, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Title: Curriculum Breadth or General Studies? The Effect of General Skills on Unemployment
Jan 30
Ian Fillmore, University of Chicago IES Fellow
Title: The Impact ofTime Between Cognitive Tasks on Performance: Evidence from Advanced Placement Exams
Feb 13
Kenneth A. Frank, Professor, Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Michigan State University
Title: The Embeddedness of Adolescent Friendship: New Friends from Emergent Network Structures
Feb 20
Mesmin Destin, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Title: Pathways to Future Identities and School Motivation
Feb 27
Amy Claessens, Assistant Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Title: Teaching Students What They Already Know? The (mis)Alignment Between Mathematics Instructional Content and Student Knowledge in Kindergarten
Mar 5
Toni Schmader, Professor, University of British Columbia
Title: Stereotype Threat Deconstructed: Uncovering the Interplay of Processes that Impart Cognitive Performance
Past Events:
Economic Models in Education Research Workshop
Committee on Education at the University of Chicago and the National Opinion Research Center
Thu, Apr 7 and Fri, Apr 8, 2011
https://sites.google.com/site/econedworkshop/
Conference on Economic Analysis and Education Policy
Fri, Jun 7, 2010
Organized by Derek Neal of the University of Chicago, this conference is co-sponsored with the Searle Freedom Trust and the University of Chicago Committee on Education. The Program and papers are available on the MFI website.
