Speaker Profile

Katherine Muenks

Associate Professor; Louise Spence Griffeth Fellow for Excellence, Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Principal Investigator, Learning and Motivational Beliefs (LAMB) Lab; Associate Editor, Journal of Educational Psychology; Editorial Board Member, Review of Educational Research; Member, American Educational Research Association; Co-Author, “How Will I Be Graded? The Past, Present, and Future of Research on Grading Policies and Student Motivation in Secondary and Postsecondary Education” (2026, Educational Psychology), “Can Growth Grow? Measuring Growth Rate Orientation (GRO) Beliefs: An Unexplored Avenue into Understanding Mindsets” (2025, Social Psychology of Education), and “The Secret Language of Peers: How Peer Behaviors Signal Mindset and Influence Classroom Experiences” (2025, British Journal of Educational Psychology),

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Upcoming Talks

Teaching Motivated Minds
Applying Brain Science to Boost Mastery, Meaning, Motivation, Metacognition, and Learning
Hilton Austin, Austin, TX
November 12-14, 2026

Past Talks

Teaching Engaged Brains
Improving Student Attention, Motivation, and Mindsets in a Disengaged, Distracted Age
The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom
February 22-24, 2024

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