On Friday, June 1, 2018, researchers, policymakers, organizations, and leaders will meet at NYU to discuss opportunities to improve the systems and opportunities that support vulnerable Youth in NYC.
Co-sponsored by IHDSC, the IES-funded Pre-doctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training program (PIRT), the Center for Practice and Research at the Intersection of Information, Society, and Methodology (PRIISM), and NYU’s Strategies to Reduce Inequality (SRI) initiative, the “Working Across Sectors to Support Vulnerable Youth in Schools Research Practice Partnerships at the Intersection of Multiple Agencies” summit is structured around three panel sessions: 1) Immigration, 2) Juvenile Justice, and 3) Special Education and Mental Health. The event will conclude with a broader conversation on evidence-based solutions and policies, data systems, funding priorities, and opportunities for collaboration.
The event is free and open to the public but registration is required (click here to register now!). Preview our panelists below:
Keynote:
Dr. Adam Gamoran, President, William T. Grant Foundation
Immigration panel:
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- Tim Carroll, IES-PIRT fellow and PhD student in Higher and Postsecondary Education, Department of Administration, Technology, and Leadership, NYU
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- Dr. Sebastian Cherng, Assistant Professor of International Education, NYU
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- Elizabeta Markuci, Director, Immigration Project, Volunteers of Legal Service
Sabrina Fong (not pictured), Policy and Research Advisor, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Special Education and Mental Health panel:
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- Bryant Hopkins, IES-PIRT fellow and PhD student in the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, NYU
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- Dr. Michael Lindsey, Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, and Constance and Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies, NYU
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- Scott Bloom, LCSW-R, Director of School Mental Health Services, Office of School Health, NYC Department of Education and NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
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- Kim Sweet, Executive Director, Advocates for Children of New York
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- Dr. Natasha Strassfeld, Assistant Professor of Special Education, NYU
Juvenile Justice panel:
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- Corianna Sichel, PhD student in Counseling Psychology, Department of Applied Psychology, NYU
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- Dr. Amanda Geller, Clinical Associate Professor of Sociology, NYU
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- Ana M. Bermúdez, Commissioner, NYC Department of Probation
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- Krista Larson, Director, Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute
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- Felipe Franco, Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Youth and Family Justice, Administration for Children’s Services
Concluding Conversation (plenary)
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- Dr. James Kemple, Executive Director, Research Alliance for New York City Schools, NYU
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- Yasmeen Khan, Reporter, WNYC
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- Shawn Morehead, Program Director, Promising Futures Education & Human Justice, New York Community Trust
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- Dr. Ravi Shroff, Assistant Professor of Applied Statistics, NYU
