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ZOOM EVENT

Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and What Adults are Missing)

Carrie James, Ph.D.

Sociologist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education

Emily Weinstein, Ed.D.

Social scientist and researcher at Project Zero at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education

Merve Lapus

Vice President of Education Outreach and Engagement at Common Sense Media

Sep 20 2022
ZOOM EVENT

Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides

Geoffrey L. Cohen, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and the James G. March Professor of Organizational Studies in Education and Business at Stanford University

Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.

Clinical psychologist, author, and interim president of Mount Holyoke College

Sep 15 2022
ZOOM EVENT

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

Moiya McTier, Ph.D.

Astrophysicist, folklorist, science communicator, and author

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Ph.D.

Assistant professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire

Sep 12 2022
GRAND ROUNDS + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

GRAND ROUNDS: Reinventing the Mental Health System: Where to Repair and Where to Build

Thomas Insel, MD

Co-founder, Mindstrong Health, and founder, Humanest Care. Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2002-2015.

Rhonda Robinson Beale, MD

Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health Services, UnitedHealth Group

David Schreiber, MD

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and CEO and Co-Founder, Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual

May 20 2022
BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

Thomas Insel, MD

Co-founder, Mindstrong Health, and founder, Humanest Care. Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2002-2015.

David Schreiber, MD

Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist and CEO and Co-Founder, Compass Health Center and Compass Virtual

May 19 2022

Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities

Susie Wise, Ph.D.

Designer, author, and educator at the d.school at Stanford University

Morgan Vien, MA

Founder and CEO of Design for Emergence

May 12 2022

Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children

Luma Mufleh

Founder of Fugees Family, Inc.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Tony-nominated producer, and author of the bestseller Dear America.

May 9 2022

Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

Theresa Brown, Ph.D., BSN, RN

Nurse and bestselling author

Danielle Ofri, MD, Ph.D.

Physician at Bellevue Hospital and clinical professor of medicine at New York University

May 5 2022

The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively

Todd Kashdan, Ph.D.

Professor of psychology, George Mason University, and bestselling author

Jane McGonigal, Ph.D.

Director of Game Research and Development at the Institute for the Future and two-time New York Times bestselling author

May 4 2022

Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise

Dana Suskind, M.D.

Pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago

Angela Duckworth, Ph.D.

Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

Apr 28 2022