Winter Conference 2026
Thursday Feb 26 from 12-3:30pm EST (9am-12:30pm Pacific & 6-9:30pm CET)
Schedule:
Welcome & Explanation of Conference Flow/Panels 12-12:10pm EST
Keynote Event: Book Dialogue, 12:15-1:15 EST; Chair, Matthew Nelsen
- Matt Grossman, PhD, Michigan State University, Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics
- Deondra Rose, PhD, Duke University, Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship
Panel 1 1:20-2:20 EST (10 minute presentations followed by Discussion)
Select one of the two to attend:
Panel A: Reform & Regulation: Chair, Michael Hartney
- Drayton Willey “Education Presidents, Revisited: Executive Unilateralism in Education Policy”
- Nathan Pipes “Digital Deficits & Corrective Policy Options”
- Donatus Doe “Policy Design, Path Dependency, and Coherence in a New Era of Education-to-Workforce Connection Reform”
- Alissa Siara “Sustaining Reforms in Weak Institutional Contexts: Insights from Education in Brazil”
Panel B: Comparative Education Politics: Chair, Lesley Lavery
- Jeremy Slow “Short-Term Pains, Long-Term Gains:Education and Economic Effects of Malaysia’s Language-of-Instruction Policy Reform”
- Priyadarshini Singh “Unpacking drivers of state-level initiatives for elementary education: A study of three Indian states of Karnataka, Rajasthan and Odisha”
- Daniel Roberts “Boundary Defense: Evidence from a Referendum Against School Reform”
- Anwār Omeish “Whose Campus?” “Our Campus!”: The Popular University for Gaza and the Case for a Democratic University”
Panel 2 2:30-3:30 EST (10 minute presentations followed by Discussion)
Select one of the two to attend:
Panel A: Democracy & Authority: Chair, Ursula Hackett
- Tamar Malloy “Educational Authoritarianism and Democracy: Towards a New Measure”
- Marayna Martinez and Todd Matthews “Respectability Offenses and Political Efficacy Among Students of Color”
- Anotnia Gordon “The Noneducational Role(s) of Black Schools”
Panel B: Civic Education: Chair, Karin Kitchens
- Matt Nelsen, “ Do the Behavioral Effects of Critical Civic Education Content Persist Over Time? Evidence from a Panel Study”
- Marylena Mantas-Kourounis “Civic education and Political Participation Among Gen Z Women”
- Songeun Emily Lee “Education and the Rise of Negative Partisanship in the United States”
- Jennifer Beightley “Use of AI Among Social Science Graduate Students”