Founded in 2004, The Southwest Consortium for Innovations in Psychology in Education (SCIPIE) has a permanent

   relationship with its founding universities: Arizona State University, Oklahoma State University, University of

   Nevada,Las Vegas, and The University of New Mexico. SCIPIE's home and conference rotates between these four

   institutions, and the officers are elected from their faculty.

   The goal of The Consortium is to capitalize on the vibrancy of the Southwest to develop a center for innovation

   in the psychological study of learning. SCIPIE was created to bring together the knowledge, skills, and resources

   of the Southwest in education and the learning sciences, and to use this leverage to advance the study of learning

   nationally and internationally. We have a strong presence in the American Psychological Association, American

   Educational Research Association, American Psychological Society, and the many domain specific organizations, such

   as the National Reading Association. Although large, and inclusive, these organizations focus either on general

   topics in psychology, or general topics in education.

   At the core of SCIPIE are the biannual Workshops that will allow for extended conversations about innovative

   research projects at the intersection of these two areas. The emphasis will be on research currently in progress,

   or “sticky problems” that researchers face in these areas. The workshops are also intended to provide graduate

   students with opportunities for legitimate peripheral participation in authentic

   conversations about difficult, cutting-edge research problems.

   The first conference was held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.