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IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Poverty, by America (Event 2 of 2)

Matthew Desmond, Ph.D.

Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology, Princeton University

Alex Kotlowitz

Bestselling author, journalist, and professor at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University

Apr 12 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

Paul Bloom, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University

Jennifer Senior

Staff writer at The Atlantic and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer for Feature Writing

Mar 21 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

Kieran Setiya, Ph.D.

Professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jim Holt

Author and writer

Mar 16 2023
IN-PERSON EVENT

Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships

Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW

Licensed therapist, sought-after relationship expert, and New York Times bestselling author

Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Three-time New York Times bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, and multimedia entrepreneur

Mar 13 2023
GRAND ROUNDS!

GRAND ROUNDS: No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness

Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Creator of the Internal Family Systems therapeutic model and author of five books

Nancy Burgoyne, Ph.D.

Chief Clinical Officer, The Family Institute at Northwestern University

Mar 8 2023
ZOOM EVENT

You Marvelous, Multipart You: An Introduction to Internal Family Systems

Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D.

Creator of the Internal Family Systems therapeutic model and author of five books

Deran Young, LCSW

Licensed therapist and founder of Black Therapists Rock

Mar 7 2023
IN-PERSON GRAND ROUNDS EVENT

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Event 2 of 2)

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

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

Mar 3 2023
IN-PERSON EVENT

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers (Event 1 of 2)

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

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

Mar 2 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Sink: A Coming-of-Age Memoir

Joseph Earl Thomas

Award-winning author of the coming-of-age memoir "Sink"

Cathy Linh Che

Poet, author, and executive director of Kundiman

Feb 23 2023
ZOOM EVENT

Understanding and Treating School Anxiety and Refusal

Leslie Brankin, Psy.D.

Director of the Young Adult Mood and Anxiety Program at Compass Health Center/Northbrook

Anna Finis, Psy.D.

Director of the Child Mood and Anxiety Program at Compass Health Center

Toni Boos, Psy.D.

Associate director of child programming at Compass Health Center/Northbrook

Feb 15 2023