Each quarter the Emerging Scholar CIRCLS offers a series of one-hour small group mentoring sessions intended to foster informal and candid conversations among established scholars in the fields of computer and learning sciences and up to eight emerging scholars in each group. Group conversations are shaped around participants’ interest and include topics ranging from research methods to the challenges of interdisciplinary careers. Registration for the mentoring sessions is open to the members of the Emerging Scholar CIRCLS. To join the Emerging Scholar CIRCLS community, please use this form. If you are an established expert and would like to serve as a mentor, please fill out our Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentor Interest Form.
The Mentoring Series has temporarily been discontinued until the CIRCLS’23 Convening.
Past Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series
Spring 23 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series
Dr. Christopher Dede, Senior Research Fellow and (previously) Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Monday, May 1 at 12-1pm EDT
Dr. Sidney D’Mello, Professor, Institute of Cognitive Science at University of Colorado, Boulder and Director, NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming.
Tuesday, May 9 at 12-1pm EDT
Winter 23 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series
Dr. Joshua Danish, Professor & Learning Sciences Program Coordinator at Indiana University, and President of the International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Monday, February 13 at 12-1pm EST
Dr. Seiji Isotani, Visiting Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Professor of Computer Science and Learning Technology at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Thursday, February 16 at 12-1pm EST
Fall 22 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series Part 2
Dr. Barbara Means, Executive Director of Learning Sciences Research at Digital Promise.
Monday, October 31 at 1-2pm EST
Dr. Victor Lee, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Past-President of the International Society of the Learning Sciences
Thursday, November 3 at 12-1pm EST
Fall 22 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series Part 1
Dr. Bertrand Schneider, Associate Professor of Education at Harvard University
Tuesday, September 13 at 1-2pm EST
Dr. Gautam Biswas, Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, September 14 at 12-1pm EST
Dr. Leema Berland, Associate Professor, Science Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Journal of Learning Sciences Associate Editor
Friday, September 16 at 12-1pm EST
Spring 22 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series
Dr. Erin Higgins, Program Officer at The National Center for Education Research (NCER)
Monday, April 25 at 12pm -1pm EST
Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director at the Office of Ed Tech
Tuesday, April 26 at 12pm – 1pm EST
Dr. Noboru Matsuda, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Innovative Educational Computing Laboratory at North Carolina State University.
Wednesday, April 27 at 12pm – 1pm EST
Dr. Rod Roscoe, Associate Professor of Human Systems Engineering in the Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (Arizona State University) and Diane and Gary Tooker Professor of Effective Education in STEM.
Friday, April 29 at 1pm – 2pm EST
Winter 22 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series
Dr. Matthew Bernacki, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wednesday, Feb 23 at 12pm – 1pm EST
Dr. Brian Smith, The Honorable David S. Nelson Chair and Associate Dean for Research, Boston College
Friday, Feb 25 at 12pm – 1pm EST
Dr. Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz, Senior Fellow R&D, American Modeling Teachers Association
Monday, Feb 28 at 12pm – 1pm EST
Dr. Erin Ottmar, Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Friday, March 4 at 12pm -1pm EST
Fall 21 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series:
Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Executive Director, Digital Promise & CIRCLS PI
Monday, November 1, 12 noon – 1 PM EST
Dr. Roger Azevedo, Professor, University of Central Florida
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 12 noon – 1 PM EST
Dr. Cynthia D’Angelo, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 1 PM – 2 PM EST
Summer 21 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series:
Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Executive Director, Digital Promise & CIRCLS PI
Monday, July 19, 2021, 2 PM – 3 PM EST
Dr. Marcelo Worsley, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 12 noon – 1 PM EST
Dr. S. Craig Watkins, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Friday, July 23, 2021, 11 AM – 12 noon EST
Dr. Diane Litman, Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Monday, July 26, 2021, 12 noon – 1 PM EST
Dr. Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Distinguished Professor, Indiana University Bloomington
Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 12 noon – 1 PM EST
Spring 21 Emerging Scholar CIRCLS Mentoring Series:
Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Executive Director, Digital Promise & CIRCLS PI
Monday, April 19, 2021, 2 PM – 3 PM EST
Dr. Erin Walker, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh & CIRCLS coPI
Thursday, April 22, 2021, 11 AM – 12 noon EST
Dr. Lorna Quandt, Assistant professor, Educational Neuroscience, Gallaudet University
Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 11 AM – 12 noon EST
Dr. Victor Lee, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, President of the International Society of the Learning Sciences
Friday, April 30, 2021, 1 PM – 2 PM EST
Dr. Kylie Peppler, Associate Professor, Informatics & Education, University of California, Irvine
Thursday, May 6, 2021, 1 PM – 2 PM EST
