Speaker Profile

Daniel T. Willingham, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia; Member, National Board for Education Sciences; Writer, “Ask the Cognitive Scientist” Column, American Educator; Author, Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning Is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy (2023), “How Does Developing a Growth Mindset Help Students Learn?” (2022, American Educator), “Why Don’t Students Like School?” (2021, 2nd Edition), The Reading Mind (2017), and Raising Kids Who Read (2015); Co-Author, “Making Education Research Relevant” (2021, Education Next) and Cognition: The Thinking Animal (2019)
Daniel T.Willingham, PhD

Past Talks

Teaching Executive Skills
Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning
Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY
April 16-18, 2026
Teaching Whole Learners
Applying Science to Create Social, Engaged, Thriving, Curious, Critical Thinkers
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 14-16, 2025
The Science of Learning
Using Evidence to Engage Learners, Transform Teaching, Innovate EdTech, and Empower Leaders
Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel or Virtually via Zoom
April 25-27, 2025
Future-Ready Brains
Teaching Students to Think, Create, Innovate, Learn, and Adapt for an Anxious, AI Age
NY Sheraton Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
April 18-20, 2024
The Science of Teaching and Learning
Promoting Healthy Brains, Active Minds, Memory, Movement, and Well-being for Effective Teaching and Learning
The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 17-19, 2023
The Science of Knowledge
Applying Brain Science to Build Student Expertise, Reasoning, Reflection, and Critical Thinking
Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel, New York, NY or Virtually via Zoom
April 01-03, 2022
The Science of Teaching During a Pandemic
Creating Motivated, Focused, Active, Autonomous Learners
Virtual Conference
February 20-20, 2021

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