2020 Keynote Speaker

Sepehr Vakil is an assistant professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Previously he was Assistant Professor of STEM Education and the Associate Director of Equity & Inclusion in the Center for STEM Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Broadly his research examines the intersections of learning, identity, race, power, and ethics in secondary and post-secondary engineering and computer science contexts. Dr. Vakil’s teaching and research are informed by sociocultural theories of learning, practice, and pedagogy. He recently received the National Science Foundation’s early CAREER award, as well as the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral fellowship. He received his PhD in the Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology program at UC Berkeley, and his B.S and M.S in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.