SCIPIE invites you to participate in third bi-annual SCIPIE conference. As you know, one goal of SCIPIE is to conduct bi-annual conferences that allow for extended conversations about innovative research projects. The emphases of these conferences are on research currently in progress and "sticky problems" that researchers face in their work. The conferences are also inteneded to provide new scholars and graduate students with opportunities for legitimate participation in conversations about difficult issues and leading-edge efforts. The third SCIPIE conference will bring together researchers to examine diverse responses to the questions: "How does culture influence teaching and learning?" At the macro level, culture encompasses diversity in language, traditions, and identities. At a micro level, culture refers to specific educational contexts such as those found in urban schools, rural schools, and in individual classrooms. We are particularly interested in conversations about the challenges and opportunities represented at the intersection between the macro and micro levels. It is your original ideas that drive the mission underlying SCIPIE working conferences. Opportunities may include enriching our understanding of motivation, epistemology, and emotions by viewing these constructs through particular cultural lenses. Issues of methodology (research design, measurement of constructs, valid assessment of student performance, evaluation of programs, etc.) present considerable challenges as well.