ISSR Scholars Mentor Seminar | "Be Unapologetically Impatient" with Christina Cipriano (Yale University)

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation with our incoming inaugural Joseph W. and Alma W. Keilty Endowed Chair of Education Chris Cipriano on her bestselling book, Be Unapologetically Impatient. The event is sponsored by the UMass Amherst Institute for Social Science Research. Breakfast and coffee will be provided.

This talk is co-sponsored by the College of Education Office of Research and Engagement, Student Development Department

In Be Unapologetically Impatient, award-winning psychologist Dr. Christina Cipriano teaches everyone - parents and educators, providers and patients, and businesspeople and clients, how to use learning science to address From kitchen tables to classrooms, local playgrounds to national theme parks,doctors’ offices to universities, boardrooms to the White House, Dr. Cipriano demonstrates how being unapologetically impatient- the activation of intrinsic motivation, emotional intelligence, and gratitude- is the mindset required to change ‘the way we do things’. Drawing on deeply relatable experiences navigating hurdles embedded in everyday living, and anchored in her oldest son’s rare disease journey, Dr. Cipriano seamlessly weaves together decades of scientific evidence and infectious storytelling to illuminate and interrupt conventions across education,medicine, and industry. Dr. Cipriano privileges the personal and professional,and masterfully teaches readers to seek joy and promote justice in their everyday interactions, providing scripts, tools, and framing that are immediately usable, for everyone.

Christina Cipriano, PhD, is currently an associate professor of applied developmental and educational psychology at the Yale Child Study Center in the Yale School of Medicine and Director of the Education Collaboratory. This fall Dr. Cipriano will transition to be the inaugural Joseph W. and Alma W. Keilty Endowed Chair in Education and Professor with tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Education Collaboratory will be moving to the College of Education at UMass Amherst. An award-winning scholar and internationally regarded expert in the science of learning and development, Chris received her PhD from Boston College, her EdM from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her undergraduate degree from Hofstra University. Dr. Cipriano has published over one hundred and twenty papers, commentaries, and reports, spanning top-tier journals such as Child Development and the Review of Educational Research as well as media outlets including The Washington Post, NPR, The New York Times, PBS, and Education Week. Her award-winning and best-selling new book, Be Unapologetically Impatient: The Mindset Required to Change the Way We Do Things (2025), is the latest must-read for every educator, provider, parent, and person interested in improving the lives of children and families, right now. A prolific public scholar, educator, and speaker, Chris privileges her positionality as a first-generation high school graduate and mother of four children in her science. Learn more at drchriscip.com