Past Events
Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.
Browse our past events by year or topic — you can download previous flyers here, too.
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Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in Chicago and the founder of Spiralbound
Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best
Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavior Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, and Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI
Pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago
Esposito Family Goldman Sachs University Professor of Economics at Brown University and Founder and CEO of ParentData
Vibe: The Secrets of Strong Connections in a Lonely World
Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Interviewer, podcast host, event moderator, and book person
Girlhood, Translated: Understanding Young Women in the Age of Therapy Speak and Self-Diagnosis
Psychiatrist and Founding Director of the Academy for Medicine and the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Medical Director at Compass Health Center Chicago
Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress
Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Positive Psychology Center
Professor of practice and director of education in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania
Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives
Clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Southern California
Founder and president of the American Institute for Boys and Men
American Hagwon: An Evening with Min Jin Lee
Bestselling author of "Free Food for Millionaires" and "Pachinko"
James E. Johnson Professor of the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy
The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
Author of the biweekly “Brooding” column at The Cut, a section of New York magazine
Staff writer at The New Yorker