UCLA School of Education & Information Studies

Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Online Admissions Information Session
2026-01-10 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-12-06 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-10-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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Educational Leadership Program (ELP) Online Admissions Information Session
2026-01-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-12-11 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-22 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-10-18 10:00 - 11:30

Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop
2025-12-13 09:00 - 10:30

Educational Leadership Program (ELP) Application Essay Writing Workshop
2025-12-13 09:00 - 10:30

12 Things Parents Should Know about CS & AI
2025-12-12 12:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
This free 30-minute webinar will feature a panel of researchers, educators, and parents will present a new FREE guide created by parents for parents about why ALL kids should learn about the good and bad of technology. This resource aims to support families in understanding what CS is and how AI is a part of it, why it matters for all young peoples’ futures, and how to take action to ensure all students have access to – and enroll in – high-quality CS education. The guide answers questions parents often ask about CS and AI such as:

What is Computer Science (CS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) anyway?

Why is it important for ALL students to learn about CS and AI?

Why do some schools offer CS while others don’t?

What should kids know about the good and bad of tech?

What does ethics have to do with CS and AI?

How does CS and AI education prepare for college, careers, and beyond?

How can parents support CS learning in their home, school, and community?

At the webinar, we will share a new Request for Applications (RFA) for parent organizations and LEAs interested in partnering with us on furthering this initiative through a research-practice partnership.

See you 12/12 @12!

Questions? Please contact Michelle Choi at michoi@ucla.edu.

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Coffee, Pastries, and a Book: Fall Quarter Meeting
2025-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Reading: It Was The Way She Said It by Terry McMillan

Looking for a leisure read over winter break? We still have plenty of free hardcover books available for book club participants! It’s not too late to join, and now is the ideal time to jump in. We meet twice per quarter (one in-person meeting with pastries/coffee and one virtual meetup) to discuss this year’s book selection. During our first meetup of the year, we discussed McMillan’s humanistic and evocative writing style and mused about how unsurprising it is that her stories have been adapted to film.

To join, sign up here and drop by the IS Library & Media Preservation Lab during our open hours, Monday-Friday 10AM-5PM until December 12th to pick up your copy!

Our next meeting will be via zoom on Tuesday, December 9th at 12 PM.

UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Fall 2025 Webinar Series: Screening for Literacy Success: Using the New Reading Screener within the California MTSS Framework
2025-12-04 15:30 - 16:30
This session discusses the new reading screener requirements and highlights how universal screening serves as a cornerstone of Tier 1 instruction and data-based decision making within the California Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) framework. Participants will explore how early screening supports equitable access to literacy learning, informs differentiated instruction, and ensures that actionable next steps are in place once results are collected. Through a concise blend of research, state guidance, and practical application, the session will demonstrate how screening data connects directly to instructional action, moving from identification to support. Attendees will leave with examples from a practitioner perspective and resources they can integrate into teacher preparation coursework and TK–12 partnerships, reinforcing the CA MTSS commitment that “All Means All.”

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Concentration Camps in America: The Dark History of U.S. Imprisonment of Japanese Americans During World War II
2025-12-02 14:00 - 15:00 | Moore Hall Room 1048, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095
Join us to hear the first-person experiences of Dr. Donald Hata who was imprisoned in an American concentration camp during World War II. Now retired, Emeritus Professor of History at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Dr. Hata will speak about the past in light of the present Trump Administration using the same laws and ideologies to grab and imprison innocent people once again.

Book Talk // Before Their Crimes: What We're Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing
2025-11-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Peter V. Ueberroth Building, Suites 1350-55, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Join us for a Book Talk with Author Dr. Wendy Smith facilitated by Dr. Eraka Bath. Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. Wendy Smith uses the framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to explain how the toxic stress of early childhood trauma can make children vulnerable to committing criminal acts. Smith draws from interviews with twenty men and women from across the racial and social divide who spent years in prison after committing serious crimes as children.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP by November 13. For any questions, please email Taylor Dudley at dudley@gseis.ucla.edu.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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Master’s Degree in Transformative Coaching and Leadership Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-15 17:00 - 18:00
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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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UC|CSU Collaborative 2025 Summit - Investing in Inclusive PK-3 Education
2025-10-11 08:30 - 14:00
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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.

Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-10 09:00 - 10:00

Master’s Degree in Student Affairs Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-09 17:00 - 18:00

Education M.A./Ph.D. Online Admissions Information Session
2025-10-08 17:00 - 18:00
