UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

Master’s Degree in Student Affairs Online Admissions Information Session
2025-08-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-09 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California
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Auto-Correct: Fantasies & Failures of AI Ethics in the Driverless Car
2025-09-08 11:00 - 12:30 | UCLA Murphy Hall Room 3312
Join the UCLA Department of Information Studies for a book talk by Dr Maya Indira Ganesh (Leverhulme Center for Futures of Intelligence, Cambridge) based on her first monograph.

The “trolley problem” remains a useful exercise in drawing out the differences between utilitarian and deontological approaches to ethics in analytic philosophy. However, the thought experiment also determined imagining what AI-infused artefacts should be capable of, suggesting that ethical decision-making becomes a data-driven enterprise rather than a human, social, or individualised practice. Maya Indira Ganesh tracks the language, materiality, and culture of epistemic tools that establish safety and automobility as problems to be solved by the driverless car, examining outputs of AI systems versus what constitutes our social and technological presents and futures.

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Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-09-08 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-15 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:30 | California
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Workshop: AI, Time & Futurity
2025-09-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, California, 90095
Join the UCLA Department of Information Studies for a free workshop on AI, Time & Futurity with Dr. Maya Indira Ganesh (Leverhulme CFI, UK).

Time haunts AI. An origin story in the summer of 1955 that has acquired the status of myth and fact; geopolitical races; the contradictions and entanglements of longtermist and accelerationist ideologies; law and regulation that fail to keep up; promised breakthroughs from the driverless car to superintelligence that fail to arrive, or seem eternally just around the corner. Computational time is also infrastructural: the lag in software updates pushed to the cloud and then to fleets of driverless cars and mobile phones (Mattern, 2017). Temporality works unevenly affording ‘just in time’ deliveries for the busy, but at the cost of bio-social control of delivery workers and on-demand mobility service providers (Sharma, 2014).

​This workshop is interested in exploring the temporalities, ideologies, and materialities of AI at a moment of complex political reconfigurations.

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15th International Conference on Education and Justice
2025-09-11 00:00 - 2025-09-12 23:59 | Moore Hall, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Connecting the Dots: Naming the Moment and Our Intervention

Locally and globally, the attacks on and dismantling of education, democratic institutions and civic participation, and human rights and sovereignty, particularly for historically marginalized populations, are crystalizing for all to see. These attacks are highly coordinated, well-funded, and long entrenched in a range of intersecting ideologies and systems of imperialism and settler colonialism, autocracy, white supremacy, dominionism, heteropatriarchy, neoliberalism, militarism and carcerality, ableism, and more. Examples include policy “reforms” and public rhetoric that undermine any number of issues ranging from anti-genocide protest and truthful curriculum to DEI initiatives and LGBTQIA+ inclusion; from teacher professionalism and student civil-rights protections to democratic governance and equitable funding of educational institutions and initiatives; from humanizing learning and teaching at the classroom level, to community capacity building at the school and district levels, to a bold vision of education as movement building for justice at the levels of systems and values. What does it mean to advance justice through anti-oppressive education and collective action in this moment?

The 15th International Conference on Education and Justice highlights the role of educational scholars in anti-oppressive movement building, particularly when we produce scholarship collectively and leverage it for public pedagogy.

Sessions will feature projects and works-in-progress that aim to raise public awareness or influence educational policy and practice, as well as strategies to build our capacity for such interventions. Educators, scholars, students, leaders, advocates, and educational organizations and institutions from across the United States and around the world will convene to share collective scholarship for public pedagogy, as well as to support one another in such work through critical self-reflection and constructive criticism.

The 15th Conference returns to California, and will be held jointly with open meetings of CARE-ED and EDJE so that conference attendees can attend and benefit from these meetings, and vice versa.

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Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-09-11 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-10-10 09:00 - 10:00 | California

Education M.A./Ph.D. Online Admissions Information Session
2025-09-12 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-10-08 17:00 - 18:00 | California

Fall Quarter Begins
2025-09-22 00:00 - 23:59 | California

Learning Café: Tools for Translating Research to Action
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies for Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series.

Presenter: Joseph Bishop, Ph.D.

Refreshments will be served.

ALISE 2025 Annual Conference Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Safiya U. Noble
2025-10-06 00:00 - 2025-10-08 23:59 | InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, 401 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64112, United States
Decolonising Pedagogies: Agency, Identity, Practices

ALISE is excited to head to Kansas City this October—and we want you to join the celebration as we mark 125 years of our community! This milestone honors 125 years of ALISE as a vibrant, collaborative association advancing the field of Library and Information Science.

The theme “Decolonising Pedagogies: Agency, Identity, Practices,” infers a profound respect for how we, in LIS education, engage with agency, identity, and practices in our pedagogy. The theme invokes a critical inquiry into our pedagogy as a holistic and authentic expression of each of us as diverse, complex, and divine human beings who research, teach, and practice library and information science. By honoring our best selves, we share that self with our students and community members to inspire them to walk with empathy and care of the human condition as an intricate labyrinth of interdependent identities and heritages essential for knowledge sharing, professional success, and personal happiness.

This year’s conference speaker is Dr. Safiya U. Noble, David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at UCLA. She currently serves as a Director of the UCLA DataX Initiative, leading work in critical data studies for the campus.

Early Bird Registration Now Open!

Register on or before August 8th to receive a discount on registration.

After this date, registration rates will increase.

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Educating Children, Educating All: Children's Author Ann Chau in Conversation with Professor Thuy Vo Dang
2025-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall Reading Room, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Join UCLA School of Education and Information Studies & UCLA Institute of American Cultures for a book talk with children’s author Ann Chau and Professor Thuy Vo Dang.

My Ông Ngoại’s Garden by UCLA alumna Ann Chau was inspired by her son’s interaction with her father as he introduced him to the unique fruits he grows and harvests, offering insights into Vietnamese culture and how food can help bring people together.

Please fill out this RSVP form by October 1st if you are attending the talk.

Lunch will be provided.

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UC|CSU Collaborative 2025 Summit - Investing in Inclusive PK-3 Education
2025-10-11 08:30 - 14:00 | California
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This year’s virtual summit brings together educators, administrators, and researchers in child development to explore both the importance of inclusive PK-3 education and practical strategies to maximize its impact. By bridging research and practice, this conference aims to empower educators and decision-makers with the knowledge and strategies needed to maximize over $5 billion in annual federal and state funding toward early childhood education—ensuring that resources translate into lasting impacts for young learners.

Opening Remarks

Speakers: Alison Yoshimoto-Towery and Jennie Grammer

State Context and Purpose

Investing in inclusive PK-3 education is one of the most powerful ways to promote long-term academic, social, and economic success for all students. Research consistently demonstrates that high-quality early learning experiences shape brain development, build foundational skills, and reduce achievement gaps, and that inclusive settings maximize opportunities and outcomes for students. Realizing the full impact of this investment requires that educators, administrators, and policymakers effectively implement evidence-based practices in classrooms and early learning programs.

Keynote

Speaker: Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D.

Cultivating Joy & Learning for All Across the Early Grades

The first eight years of life set the foundation for children’s learning, school, and life success. Unfortunately, race, place, language, ability, and zip code continue to determine whether children have the access and opportunities to flourish and be on track for school and life success. The urgency to act is now! This keynote will examine key evidence-informed factors that ensure all learners have access to joyful and enriching learning opportunities. Specifically, this presentation will cover some of the key features that can be aligned from PK-3 (i.e., the early grades) to improve the pathways for excellence for children and their families.

Critical Digital Humanities Praxis with Lauren Klein and Roopika Risam
2025-10-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Data X Impact Forum, Murphy Hall 3312, 410 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, California, 90095
Join two leading scholars in digital humanities and critical data for a discussion of their groundbreaking projects Data by Design and history of data, as well as their decades-long contributions towards feminist and postcolonial digital humanities—including data visualization. Through a dialogue format, they will share their experiences and perspectives on pressing issues in digital humanities such as research, pedagogy, AI and humanities, and the dismantling of institutions. With an emphasis on praxis, this event centers a feminist, community-based approach to digital humanities as worldbuilding.

Bios:Lauren Klein is Professor of Data & Decision Sciences and English at Emory University, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab and the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network. Her research brings together computational and critical methods to explore questions of gender, race and justice, both in early America and today. Klein is the author (with Catherine D’Ignazio) of the award-winning Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2020), and the editor (with Matthew K. Gold) of Debates in the Digital Humanities (Univ. of Minnesota Press), among other books and papers. Her next book, Data by Design: A Partial History of Visualization and Power, is forthcoming from MIT Press in Fall 2026.

Roopika Risam is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement at Dartmouth. Her research focuses on data histories, ethics and practices at intersections of postcolonial and African diaspora studies, digital humanities and critical university studies. Risam is the author of New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy; and co-editor of multiple volumes, most recently Anti-Racist Community Engagement (2023) and The Digital Black Atlantic (2021). She is the director of the Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium, founding co-editor of Reviews in Digital Humanities, co-PI of Landback Universities and co-president of the Association for Computers and the Humanities. Risam is finishing her second book, Insurgent Academics: A Radical Account of Public Humanities (Johns Hopkins University Press), and she is working on a trade book on data and empire. She recently received the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from the International Association for Research in Service Learning and Community Engagement.

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Master’s Degree in Transformative Coaching and Leadership Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-15 17:00 - 18:00 | California

Faculty in Focus with Cinthya Salazar: Research and Resistance with Undocu Communities
2025-10-15 18:00 - 20:00 | James West Alumni Center, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
This Faculty in Focus program will emphasize how research and scholarly writing with and for undocu communities serve as mechanisms to resist the dehumanizing and oppressive systems impacting their trajectories as individuals with precarious immigration statuses. Engaging in humanizing and collaborative research approaches about the experiences of undocu communities can lead to transformative and liberatory practices within and outside higher education settings. Faculty featured in this program will share how they have partnered with undocu communities in their research to center their needs and experiences and resist systemic injustices. Faculty will also discuss the key implications of their research, particularly as it relates to the 2025 sociopolitical climate. The program features Dr. Kevin Escudero ‘09 from Brown University and Dr. Cinthya Salazar from UCLA.

This event can be attended in person at the James West Alumni Center or online via Zoom. Please indicate your attendance preference below. If you select virtual attendance, you will receive a Zoom registration link with your RSVP confirmation. Be sure to complete the Zoom registration to access the final meeting link.

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Transforming School Culture through Restorative Leadership and Equitable Student Discipline Practices
2025-10-16 09:30 - 10:30 | Zoom
Through the Race, Education, and Community Healing (REACH) Network, a collaborative between UCLA CTS and UC Berkeley CREEO, we have brought together LEAs from across the state to better understand how restorative leadership and equitable student discipline practices can address this question. This session offers a broad overview of suspension trends across the state, student discipline frameworks rooted in restorative practices, and practical implementation strategies from district and school leaders driving equitable transformation within their school communities. Panelists will also share insights into the role of restorative leadership as their districts have implemented TK years ahead of universal transitional kindergarten.

Facilitator:

Dr. Jabari Mahiri, Professor and Co-PI, 21CSLA

Dr. Melissa Virrueta-Peters, Research Coordinator, 21CSLA

Researchers:

Dr. Michael Corral, REACH Network Director, UCLA CTS

Dr. Travis Bristol, Professor and Faculty Director, UC Berkeley CREEO

Practitioners:

Jennifer Coronel, Director of Student Supports, La Mesa Spring Valley School District

Julie Pak, Principal at Chaparral Elementary, Claremont Unified School District

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Educational Leadership Program (ELP) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-18 10:00 - 11:30 | California

California Librarian Association Conference
2025-10-23 00:00 - 2025-10-25 23:59 | Riverside Convention Center, 3637 5th St, Riverside, California, 92501, United States
The President’s Program featuring John Szabo

Friday, October 24th @ 9:00pm

John Szabo, Director of the Los Angeles Public Library (and the 2025 Library Journal Librarian of the Year!) will be storytelling Night Track-style with CLA President Genesis Hansen.

This program is sponsored by Noll & Tam Architects.

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Learning Café: Voices that Shape the Future: Engaging the Media with Purpose
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies for Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series.

Presenter: John McDonald

Refreshments will be served.

The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire: Foster Care and Education Disrupted
2025-10-29 13:30 - 16:00 | Altadena Community Center, 730 E Altadena Dr, Altadena, California, 91001, United States
On behalf of the UCLA Pritzker Center, we are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event and briefing: The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire—Foster Care and Education Disrupted.

Speakers will include Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, DCFS Director Brandon Nichols and Altadena community members. The research briefing will be led by Laura Liévano-Karim, UCLA Pritzker Center Postdoctoral Fellow. Refreshments from fire-impacted restaurants will be served. Resources from Baby2Baby and the Book Foundation will be offered. We are grateful to the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, Dean Tina Christie and the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation for generously supporting this work.

1:30pm Doors Open + Light Lunch from Altadena Restaurants

2-3pm Speakers + Report Briefing

3-4pm Resources

Please RSVP by October 15. Parking and other details provided upon RSVP.

From Westwood to Altadena, we are proud to come together in community and to advance public scholarship in support of children and families.

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Special Talk by Dr. Tami Katzir
2025-10-29 14:30 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Dr. Tami Katzir is Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Brain Sciences and Learning Disabilities at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research explores the connections between cognition and emotion in reading, dyslexia, and reading fluency across languages, and has been published in major journals, including co-authored work with Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

She will speak about her groundbreaking “Islands of Understanding” curriculum for Israeli and Palestinian children, which integrates nature and social-emotional learning (SEL) to promote literacy, and its impact during this difficult time.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Film Screening: Humans in the Loop
2025-11-10 13:00 - 16:00 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Drive East Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, California, 90095
Come join us for a special screening of the thought-provoking documentary Humans in the Loop at the James Bridges Theater! Explore the impact of human involvement in artificial intelligence and technology. The film centers the life story of an Indian woman from an Indigenous community navigating the global AI economy for social mobility and sustenance.

Doors open at 12:30 PM.

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Learning Café: Fueling Possibility in Shifting Times: Engaging Foundations and Philanthropy
2025-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies for Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series.

Presenter: Terri Mosqueda

Refreshments will be served.

To Reframe or Not to Reframe: How to Approach DEI in a Job Search
2025-11-18 11:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
A Q&A with professors of Education, Jose-Felipe Martinez and Tyrone Howard.

The Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion invites students to a conversation about how to approach the job market. In this ever-changing social and political landscape, SEIS faculty will field your questions about how to promote yourself and research in job applications. We encourage you to submit your questions in advance.

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