Speaker Profile

Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman, PhD

Director, Social Development Laboratory; Chair, Department of Education Leadership, Foundations, and Policy; Commonwealth Professor of Education, School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia; Research Advisor, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL); Author, SEL From the Start: Building Skills in K-5 (2020); Co-Author, “Belonging Contributes to Compassion: A Longitudinal Study of Middle School Students’ Prosocial Competencies” (2025, Applied Developmental Psychology) and “A Mixed Methods Study Examining How Classroom Experiences Cultivate Respect in Middle School Students” (2025, Applied Developmental Science); Co-Editor, Social and Emotional Learning in Action: Creating Systemic Change in Schools (2023)

Sara E.Rimm-Kaufman, PhD

Upcoming Talks

Teaching Social Brains
Applying Brain Science to Improve Social Skills, Belonging, Behavior, Regulation, and Learning
The Fairmont Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
February 12-14, 2027

Past Talks

Social-Emotional Brains in Schools
Raising Resilience, Restoring Relationships,
and Rebuilding Self-Regulation During COVID-19
Virtual Conference
November 07-08, 2020