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Teacher Engagement Practices and Academic Performance

Date
Oct 22, 2026
Location
George I. Sánchez Building (SZB) 2.624
Time
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CST)
Description

Join us for an engaging discussion moderated by Veronica Yan, associate professor of educational psychology, followed by questions from our audience.

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Agenda

11:45 a.m. Lunch served
12-1 p.m. Program and discussion

Speaker

Teacher Engagement Practices and Academic Performance

David Yeager

Professor of psychology, UT Austin

Co-founder of the Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute, Yeager researches short but powerful interventions that influence adolescent behaviors. He is the author of the 2024 national bestseller “10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation—And Making Your Own Life Easier.”


This series is supported by the Gordon Lippitt Centennial Lectureship Fund.

Special thanks to our seminar affiliates from across The University of Texas at Austin.

Economics
Scott Carrell

LBJ Public Policy
Elizabeth Bell
Jeffrey Denning
Paul von Hippel

Social and Cultural Analysis
Nneka Ibekwe-Okafor

Educational Leadership and Policy
David DeMatthews
Denisa Gandara
Lauren Schudde
Rachel White

Civic Leadership
Andrew Johnston

Social Work
Sandy Magaña

Curriculum and Instruction
Jennifer Keys Adair
Keffrelyn Brown

Educational Psychology
Seung Choi
Veronica Yan

Special Education
Natasha Strassfeld
Sharon Vaughn

Natural Sciences
Michael Marder

Sociology
Chandra Muller

Texas Advanced Computing Center
Carol Fletcher

Psychology
Jessica Church-Lang
David Yeager

Prevention Science
Mark Eddy
Esbelle Jowers
Deborah Salvo