Family Action Network events are free and open to the public.

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GRAND ROUNDS! ZOOM EVENT!

GRAND ROUNDS: Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

David Schreiber, MD

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

May 6 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities

Nilanjana Dasgupta, Ph.D.

Provost Professor of Psychology and the founding Director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jerry Kang

Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Distinguished Professor of Law and Distinguished Professor of Asian American Studies at the UCLA School of Law

May 5 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty

Elizabeth Weingarten

Journalist and applied behavioral scientist

Heather Havrilesky

“Ask Polly” advice columnist on Substack, essayist, and author

May 1 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Cognitive psychologist, host of The Psychology Podcast, professor of psychology at Columbia University, director of the Center for Human Potential, and author of eleven books

Susan Cain

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet and Bittersweet

Apr 28 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change with Small Acts

Greg Walton, Ph.D.

Michael Forman University Fellow and Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Dweck-Walton Lab at Stanford University

Jacqueline Woodson

Award-winning writer of dozens of books for adults, children, and adolescents

Apr 22 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love

Rebecca N. Thompson, MD

Family medicine and public health physician and author

Kimmery Martin, MD

Emergency medicine doctor and author of multiple works of medical fiction

Apr 21 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

Brian Goldstone, Ph.D.

Journalist and Author

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Ph.D.

Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University

Apr 17 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and Operations, Informatics, and Decisions (OID), University of Pennsylvania

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Apr 16 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

Maggie Smith

Award-winning author and poet

Glory Edim

Author and Founder of Well-Read Black Girl, an online platform and book club celebrating the works of Black women authors

Apr 9 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation

Doug Bolton, Ph.D.

Clinical psychologist and educational leader and consultant

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host

Apr 8 2025