All LRDC invited to all sessions, lunch and poster reception on Thursday, November 12.
Changes in titles and times are possible
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Andrew Room, The Oaklander Hotel
6:30 pm - Reception
7:15 pm - Board Dinner with LRDC Leadership
Director Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Associate Directors Lindsay Clare Matsumura and Jen Iriti, Director of Communications Elizabeth Rangel, Director of Administration Anthony Taliani, Executive Committee Chair Richard “Rip” Correnti
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall
All LRDC invited to attend
8:00 – 8:30 am – Continental Breakfast
8:35 – 8:50 am – Director’s Welcome
LRDC Director Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal
8:55 – 9:05 am – Vice Provost Address
Amanda Godley, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, University of Pittsburgh
9:10 – 9:45 am – Session 1: Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning
Overview: Erin Walker
Keynote: Diane Litman, "InspireWrite: Recognizing and Amplifying Student Ideas in First-Year College Writing,”
9:50 – 10:05 am – Break
10:10 – 10:45 am – Session 2: Developmental Processes and Outcomes
Overview: Heather Bachman
Keynote: Diana Leyva “Applying Strengths-based Approaches to Developing and Evaluating Family Interventions Promoting Children's Learning”
10:50 – 11:35 am – Roundtables
Emerging Technologies; Developmental Processes
1.1 "Identifying At-Risk Law Students through Guided Case Annotation," Kevin Ashley
1.2 "Advancing a Learning Sciences Approach to Quantum Information Science and Technology in K-12," Raquel Coehlo
1.3 "Culturally-Responsive Computing Education and Co-Creative Agents," Angela Stewart
Developmental Processes and Outcomes
2.1 "Longitudinal Associations between Early Home Math Environment an Later Math Identity and Skills in 2nd Grade," Jazelle Pilato
2.2 "Development in Diverse Contexts: Sociocultural and Contextual Pathways to Learning, Health, and Well-Being among Children and Families," Daphne Henry
2.3 "Wealth and Adolescent Mental Health," Portia Miller
11:40 – 11:55 pm – Lightning Talks: "Learning to Learn: LRDC’s Impact on Undergraduate Education"
Scott Fraundorf, Diana Leyva, Lindsay Clare Matsumura, Timothy Nokes-Malach, Frits Pil, Natasha Tokowicz, Leo Schumann
12:00 – 12:45 pm – Lunch
12:50 - 1:35 pm – Lightning Talks: "Research in Action"
“Did the Learning Reach the Classroom? Evaluating Professional Learning Through Teacher Implementation and Student Outcomes,” Tony Petrosky and Angela Allie
"Co-designing Teaching for a GenAI World, Together: The Regional Innovation Network," Jennifer Iriti,
"From Promise to Proven: 14 Years of Evidence Shaping the Pittsburgh Promise," Danielle Lowry
"From Race Research-to-Practice: Community-Collaborative Intervention Research for Equity in Youth Development," Jay Huguley
1:40 – 2:15 pm – Session 3: Science of Learning in Practice
Overview: Lindsay Clare Matsumura and Richard “Rip” Correnti
Keynote: Brian Galla, “Investigating the Impact of Mindfulness Training to Mitigate Psychological Threat and Enhance Engagement and Learning in Undergraduate Introductory Physics Courses”
2:20 – 2:35 pm – Break
2:40 – 3:15 pm – Session 4: Cognitive and Motivational Factors in Learning
Overview: Benjamin Rottman
Keynote: Julie Fiez, "Building a Community of Braille Researchers and Educators"
3:20 – 4:05 pm – Roundtables
Science of Learning in Practice
3.1 "Inside the Black Box: Learning Mechanisms and the Coaching Conditions that Support Them," Dena Zook-Howell
3.2 "For Whom and Where Do Educational Interventions Work? Evidence from the National Study of Learning Mindsets," Xu Qin
3.3 "Ecosystem Mediators of Dual Enrollment Impact: Barriers and Assets in Pennsylvania High Schools," Danielle Lowry
Cognitive and Motivational Factors in Learning
4.1 "Social Networks and Text Reading," Mehrgol Tiv
4.2 "Mining Peer Feedback at Scale: How and When do Students Learn?," Christian Schunn
4.3 "Most Students Can Benefit from Evidence-based Learning Strategies -- What Are the Barriers to Implementing Them?," Scott Fraundorf
4:05 - 4:35 pm – Coffee with Students, Post-docs, and Research Associates
6:00 - 7:30 pm – Poster Session and Reception, Frick Fine Arts Building
Friday, November 13, 2026
Henry Room, The Oaklander Hotel
8:30 – 10:00 am – Board of Visitors Closed Executive Session
10:05 – 11:25 am – Feedback and Discussion Session
11:30 – 1:00 pm – Lunch
Adjourn