Schedule and Seminars | PIER

Saturday, September 7, 2019	ND PIER Retreat Home of Mark & Ann Berends 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Monday, September 23, 2019	Jeremy Fiel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Arizona "Can Democratizing Educational Opportunities Reduce School Segregation?" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm B101 Jenkins Nanovic Hall View the recording
October 3, 2019 - October 4, 2019	Midwest Sociology of Education Conference @ Northwestern University
Monday, October 7, 2019 (Optional attendance)	Ashley Rogers Berner, Ph.D. Deputy Director Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy "Educational Pluralism: What It Is and Why It Matters" IEI - Garnett Education Policy Lecture View the recording
Friday, October 11, 2019	Don Shalvey/IEI Guest Speaker Deputy Director for K-12 Education Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation "Building Bridges, Empowering Educators, & Naming That Tune: A Conversation with An Education Reform Warrior" View the recording
Monday, October 14, 2019	Joel Mittleman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology/CREO University of Notre Dame "The Academic Achievement & Attainment of the LGB America" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 4060A Jenkins Nanovic Hall Recording available upon request. Contact twill1@nd.edu.
October 19, 2019 – October 27, 2019	Fall Break
Monday, October 28, 2019	Anna Katyn Chmielewski, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy University of Toronto "Do Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps Persist in Adulthood? Evidence From 50 Years of International Assessments" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 4060A Jenkins Nanovic Hall
Friday, November 1, 2019	Neil Boothby, Ph.D. Founding Director, Fostering Resilience Initiative University of Notre Dame "Creating Healthy Brains: How the Church is Combining Neuroscience and Theology to Promote Child Development in Haiti" 12:00 pm Remick Commons in Visitation Hall
Friday, November 15, 2019	Megan Austin, Ph.D. Researcher American Institutes for Research 12:30 pm – 3:15 pm
November 27, 2019 – December 1, 2019	Thanksgiving Holiday

Thursday, January 24, 2019	Happy Hour 4:00pm – 6:00 pm Rohr's @ Moris Inn
Friday, February 1, 2019	Closed/No Colloquium
Friday, February 8, 2019	Closed/No Colloquium
Friday, February 15, 2019	Guest Speaker Affiliation Talk Title 12:30pm – 3:15pm Location TBA
Friday, February 22, 2019	Quentin Wodon Lead Economist Education Global Practice, World Band Gender Inequality & the Changing Wealth of Nations 12:00 pm Lunch 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm 1050 A&B Jenkins Nanovic Hall
Friday, March 1, 2019	Closed/No Colloquium
Friday, September 28, 2018	Happy Hour @ Mark & Ann’s house 51245 Lilac Road, South Bend, IN 46628 (574) 222-3947 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
March 9, 2019 – March 17, 2019	Spring Break
Monday, March 18, 2019	Mark Berends, Ph.D. CREO Director/ND PIER Chair University of Notre Dame Talk Title 3:30pm – 5:00pm 4060A Jenkins Nanovic Hall
Friday, March 22, 2019	Closed/No Colloquium
Friday, March 29, 2019	Michael Macaluso Affiliation Katie Macaluso Affiliation Talk Title 12:30pm – 3:15pm Location TBA
April 5 - 9, 2019	AERA Annual Meeting 2019
Friday, April 12, 2019	Guest Speaker Affiliation Talk Title 12:30pm – 3:15pm Location TBA
April 19 – 22, 2019	Easter Holiday Weekend
Friday, April 26, 2019	David N. Figlio, Ph.D. Orrington Lunt Professor & Dean School of Education & Social Policy Northwestern University Immigration in Schools: Foreign-Born Students & Performance of Natives 12:30 pm – 3:15 pm Remick Commons/Visitation Hall
Friday, May 3, 2019	Na'ilah Suad Nasir President, Spencer Foundation Racial Inequality & Schooling: Providing Opportunities for Access & Identity in a Changing Educational Landscape 12:30pm – 2:00pm Remick Commons/Visitation Hall