Educational psychology

Thank you for joining us for today's special Academy podcast episode.

Our guest is Dr. Chad Lane, Associate Department Chair and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois.

He directs the Invite Institute, a $20 million institute funded by the National Science Foundation.

INVITE develops AI technologies to track and promote skills that contribute to the academic success of students.

So let's start with who you are.

Who the heck are you, Chad Lane?

Well, Mark, I'm a professor here at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and my primary appointment is in educational psychology, but I'm a computer scientist by training.

So my PhD is in computer science with a focus on AI technology.

Earlier, I spoke to Paul Downes.

He's Professor of Psychology of Education and Director of the DCU Educational Disadvantage Center.

Well, first of all, I think the findings are broadly very positive, okay? That this is a remarkable success story in a Euro- in European terms in that we are, you know, the highest third-level participation in Europe, sixty-seven percent of twenty-five to thirty-four-year-olds, uh, going to, to, to third-level institutions.

A slight increase on previous years.

this is no small endeavor i'm lee c camp you're listening to our unabridged interview with kristen neff professor kristen neff is a professor of educational psychology at ut austin she has done a lot of remarkable work on practices of kindness kindness to oneself self-compassion compassion to and with oneself found this a remarkable interview glad to be releasing it again as a best of episode because it's one of those that i've gone back and listened to more than once and have recommended to quite a number of people, including one or two of my sons.

Self-compassion.

Hope you find this helpful.

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Kristen Neff received her doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, is currently an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Kristen is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research.

In addition to writing numerous academic articles on the topic, she's also the author of the book, Self- The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself.