Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Julia Li, and Jennifer Borland will be attending the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Conference at the in Minneapolis, MN from May 1st through May 3rd.

Camellia will be presenting at a conversation roundtable with Jennifer as a discussant, “Designing and researching educational multimedia programs for family co-engagement” on May 2nd from 8:30-10:00 AM CT. Camellia also contributed to a poster being presented by Alneida Madrigal from Twin Cities Public Television called, “Think Differently!: Leveraging Interactive Media in Family Programming to Support Children’s Cognitive Flexibility” on Thursday, May 1st from 3:20-4:20 PM CT.

Jennifer will be presenting a roundtable, “Leave No Participant Behind: Strategies for More Inclusive and Accessible Research” with Anne Lund from PBS and Wendy Sapp from Bridge Multimedia on Saturday, May 3rd from 12:10-1:40 PM CT.

Julia will be presenting a poster called, “Using Formative Play-testing to Guide Development of Educational Media and Games for Elementary Youth” on Friday, May 2 from 4:40- 5:40 PM CT.

Meet Scott Burg at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) annual meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 6th-9th. Scott will be presenting a session, ‘Developing Trust Through Digital Programming‘ on Thursday, May 7 from 4-5pm PST in Room 403A with co-presenters Blythe Romano from the American Association of Children’s Museums, John Voiklis from Knology, Elizabeth Rood from Learning Designs, and Christine Reich from TERC.

If you are attending the AAM annual meeting or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly and Christopher Darby will be attending the American Educational Research Association‘s Annual Meeting at the Denver Convention Center in Denver, CO from April 24th through 26th.

Camellia will be presenting at a roundtable, “Affordances and Challenges in Developing, Implementing, and Researching a Digital Media-Based Family Program” on Saturday, April 26th from 3:20-4:50 PM MT. As Chair-Elect of the Informal Learning Education Research Special Interest Group, she will be attending the ILER SIG Business Meeting on Thursday, April 24th from 7:15-8:45 PM MT.

Christopher will be presenting “Advancing Racial Equity in Schools Through Frontline Leadership, Educator Development, and Innovative Research Practices” on Thursday, April 24th from 1:45-3:15 PM MT and a roundtable, “A Critical Race Mixed Methods Approached to Developing Instruments for Racial Equity in Education” on Friday, April 25th from 1:30-3:00 PM MT.

If you are attending the AERA conference or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Join Nisaa Kirtman as she presents a virtually workshop on Friday, July 19th at the Indiana Evaluation Association (IEA). Nisaa will be presenting about culturally responsive evaluation approaches from 12-2p EST. Click here for more information and to register for the workshop.

Meet Kara Fedje at the 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI) gathering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign from Tuesday, May 14th through Saturday, May 17th. Kara will be presenting a talk during the Spotlighted Morning Session at 12pm CST on Friday, May 17th on “Access for All: Digital Games and the right to play them.”

Meet Kristin Bass, Alison Allen, Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Maggie Deagon, and Kara Fedje at the annual National Institute of Health’s (NIH) SciEd 2024 meeting held in Salt Lake City, UT from Tuesday, May 28th through Friday, May 31st. Kristin serves as a Co-Chair of the SciEd Conference, and Alison serves on the Organizing Committee as part of the Research and Evaluation Strand.

If you are attending any of these conferences or are interested in hearing more, please reach out.