Purple and white logo for LILICON 2026, featuring a stylized lily and text indicating a meeting of the Lilienfeld Alliance for the teaching of rational skepticism in higher education.
Photo of Stuart Vyse, a man with white hair, glasses, wearing a dark blazer and light blue shirt, smiling at the camera.
Photo of Kevin Folta, a man with light skin, short brown hair, blue eyes, and a beard, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and a red patterned tie, smiling at the camera.
Photo of Elizabeth Loftus, a woman with shoulder-length red hair, glasses, and gold earrings, smiling in front of a bookshelf filled with books.
Photo of David Dunning, a man with gray hair and a serious expression, wearing a light blue plaid button-up shirt, standing indoors with a blurred background.
Photo of Jeff Schlegelmilch, a smiling man with short, curly gray hair wearing a light blue shirt and dark velvet blazer, standing outdoors.
Photo of Craig Callender, a smiling man with brown hair wearing glasses and a light blue collared shirt outdoors with a blurred natural background.

May 26-28, 2026

California State University, Fresno

Featured Presentations

Opening Plenary (Tues 5/26, 2-3pm)

Stuart Vyse (Behavioral Scientist, Independent Scholar)

Changing Beliefs by Not Changing Them

Morning Plenary (Wed 5/27)

Kevin Folta (Agriculture, University of Florida)

An “Inside the Actor’s Studio” Interview (Wed 5/27) by Zoom

Elizabeth Loftus (Psychology, Criminology, Law; University of California Irvine)

Afternoon Plenary (Wed 5/27)

David Dunning (Psychology, University of Michigan)

Morning Plenary (Thurs 5/28)

Jeff Schlegelmilch (Climate Science, Columbia University)

Oracles, Activism and Mis-Aligned Incentives - The Perils and Promise of Academia In the Face of Extreme Events

Afternoon Plenary (Thurs 5/28)

Craig Callender (Philosophy, University of California San Diego)

Submit a Proposal

The conference will include a poster session, as well as presentations that are either: 

1) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (empirical research related to the teaching of critical thinking, must include results) 

2) Teaching Demonstration (description of a course or a learning activity) 


Presentations may be brief reports (15 minutes), full papers (30 minutes) or extended teaching demonstrations (60 minutes). 

 

Proposals due by March 15, 2026. 

https://forms.gle/tqcAvU8DJKqw6SPp9

Conference Registration 

Cost of Registration

$200 early bird (thru 2/26/2026) 

$250 standard registration 

$100 student registration (current college or grad school)  


Registration includes:

Coffee / tea / water during meetings 

Reception and formal dinner on Tuesday 5/26 

Lunch and casual pizza dinner on Wednesday 5/27 

Lunch on Thursday 5/28 


Guests: 

$60 Guest Pass for the formal dinner on Tues 5/26 and the pizza party on Wed 5/27. 


~ Register Now: https://lilienfeldalliance.ticketbud.com/lilicon-2026  ~

Accommodations

Hyatt House at Campus Point

(This hotel is in the same complex as the conference meeting space.)