CEPA Seminar Series 2016-2017

Fall 2016

Kirabo Jackson

Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Topic: What Do Test Scores Miss? The Importance of Teacher Effects on Non-Test Score Outcomes
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Todd Rogers

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

Topic: Mobilizing Outside-Of-School Social Support
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Laura Giuliano

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Miami

Topic: Can Tracking Raise the Test Scores of High-Ability Minority Students?
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Katharine Strunk

Associate Professor of Education and Policy at the University of Southern California

Topic: When Tenure Ends: The Short-run Effects of the Elimination of Louisiana’s Teacher Employment Protections on Teacher Exit and Retirement
Thursday, December 1, 2016 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public

Winter 2017

Daniel Belsky

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University

Topic: The Genetics of Success: How Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Educational Attainment Relate to Life Course Development
Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Mesmin Destin

Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Topic: Identity-Based Approaches to Improve Student Outcomes and Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities in Education
Thursday, February 2, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Sarah Cohodes

Assistant Professor of Education and Public Policy, Columbia University

Topic: Leveling the Playing Field for New York City High School Choice: Initial Results from a Randomized Trial of Informational Interventions
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Dominique Baker

Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Southern Methodist University

Topic: Borrowing to Get Ahead: Undergraduate Debt’s Effect on Graduate School Decision-Making
Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public

Spring 2017

Stefanie DeLuca

Associate Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University

Topic: Coming of Age in the Other America
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Ajay Chaudry

Senior Fellow, New York University

Topic: Cradle to Kindergarten: A new plan to combat inequality
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Jason Fletcher

Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Topic: Environmental Shaping of Effects of Individual Endowments in Processes of Social Mobility
Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Florencia Torche

Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Topic: Early Origins: Prenatal Stress and Children's Cognitive and Educational Outcomes
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public
Ben Domingue

Assistant Professor of Education, Stanford University

Topic: Measuring Student Learning in Technical Programs: A Case Study From Colombia
Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm

CERAS Learning Hall

Free and Open to the public

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