Speaker Profile

John D.E. Gabrieli, PhD

Director, MIT Integrated Learning Initiative; Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Co-Director, Clinical Research Center; Associate Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Co-Author, “Parenting Relationships as a Moderator of How Socioeconomic Status and Household Chaos Relate to Children’s Cognitive and Socioemotional Skills” (2025, Experimental Child Psychology), “Personalized Neuroimaging Reveals the Impact of Children’s Interests on Language Processing in the Brain” (2024, Imaging Neuroscience), and “Exploration is Associated with Socioeconomic Disparities in Learning and Academic Achievement in Adolescence” (2024, OSF)
John D.E.Gabrieli, PhD

Past Talks

Teaching Whole Learners
Applying Science to Create Social, Engaged, Thriving, Curious, Critical Thinkers
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 14-16, 2025
Teaching Emotional Brains
Strategies for Student Behavior, Resilience, Regulation, Trauma, and EQ in Challenging Times
Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 22-24, 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
Calming Anxious Brains
Teaching and Treating Students With Anxiety,
Trauma, Depression, and Academic Learning Loss
Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA or Virtually via Zoom
November 19-21, 2021
Social-Emotional Brains in Schools
Raising Resilience, Restoring Relationships,
and Rebuilding Self-Regulation During COVID-19
Virtual Conference
November 07-08, 2020
Learning How to Learn
Applying Learning Sciences for Deeper Reasoning, Retention, and Reflection
The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 22-24, 2019
Reaching for Greatness
Unleash Potential, Passions, and Creative Talents in Students with Cognitive Science
Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston, MA
November 16-18, 2018
Positive, Resilient Minds
The Science of Promoting Student Grit, Gratitude, and School Success
Held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA
April 07-09, 2017
Engaged, Empowered Minds
Using Brain Science To Educate Ethical 21st Century Citizens And Problem Solvers
Held at the Westin Copley Place Hotel in Boston, MA
November 17-19, 2016