EDRE Lecture Series
The University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform is pleased to announce these events as part of our 2025-2026 Lecture Series. All lectures will be held on Fridays from noon - 1:30 p.m. in GRAD 343, unless otherwise noted below.
The program is open to the public and includes a complementary lunch catered by the Flying Burrito. Please arrive a few minutes minutes early to make a plate from the taco bar before the lecture begins.
While speakers listed are confirmed, details on their presentations may be delayed; please check back. Direct questions to Miranda Vernon.
Fall 2025 Lecture Series
Sept. 12: Felipe Barrera-Osorio
Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Economics, Vanderbilt University
Lecture Title: "Private Provision of Public Education: Recent Experimental Evidence"
Suggested Readings:
- TBA
Sept. 19: Emily Penner
Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine
Lecture Title: "Cultural Relevance at Scale"
Suggested Readings:
- TBA
Oct. 3: Rachel White
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy, University of Texas, Austin
Lecture Title: "The Complexities of Measuring Superintendent Impact"
Suggested Readings:
- TBA
Nov. 7: Beth Schueler
Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Lecture Title: TBA
Suggested Readings:
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TBA
Spring 2026 Lecture Series
Feb. 6: Heather Hill
Hazen-Nicoli Professor in Teacher Learning and Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lecture Title: "Mpowering Teachers: A Machine Learning Tool for Instructional Measurement and Feedback"
Suggested Readings:
- Alic, S., Demszky, D., Mancenido, Z., Liu, J., Hill H., & Jurafsky, D. (2022). Computationally identifying funneling and focusing questions in classroom discourse. arXiv preprint at arXiv:2208.04715.
- Demszky, D., Liu, J., Hill, H. C., Sanghi, S., & Chung, A. (2023). Improving Teachers' Questioning Quality through Automated Feedback: A Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial in Brick-and-Mortar Classrooms. EdWorkingPaper No. 23-875. Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.
Apr. 17: David Figlio
Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics, University of Rochester
Lecture Title: TBA
Suggested Readings:
- TBA
