The Berkeley Evaluation and and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center coordinates seminars for researchers to share cutting-edge findings and to prompt congenial discussion of topics in educational assessment and evaluation.
BEAR Seminar meets alternate Tuesdays from 2pm-4 at Berkeley Way West 4215 and also on Zoom, with exceptions as noted in the table below.
Zoom links can be requested from convenors@bear.berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail).
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
| September 29, 2026 | Himilcon Inciarte, UC Berkeley | Too Close: Predicting Segmentation Behaviors of Beginning Readers from Coarticulatory Patterns in English and Spanish | |
| October 13, 2026 | Brian Gin, University of Illinois Chicago | Measuring Human-AI Interaction with Hierarchical Rater Models and Dyadic IRT | |
| October 27, 2026 | Stefan Cano, Modus Outcomes | Clinical Outcome Assessments in the Era of AI: End of the Road or Overdue Crisis? | |
| November 3 or 10, 2026 | TBD | TBD | |
| November 17, 2026 | Sun-Joo Cho, Vanderbilt University | Explanatory Item Response Models with Machine Learning | |
| December 1, 2026 | Brent Duckor and Carrie Holmberg, San José State University | Beyond the Skinner Box of AI Competence: Modeling Professional Judgment for AI-Mediated Teaching and Learning |