Series Schedule
Spring 2021
Friday | April 30, 2021 from 2:30-4:00 PM
Online Seminar
“The Double Whammy: The Disproportionate Impact of Systemic Racism and COVID on Children of Color”
DEBRA FURR-HOLDEN, PHD | C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Discussant: Dawn P. Witherspoon, PhD
Moderator: Betsy Ayankoya, MEd
Friday | March 26, 2021 from 12:30-2:00 PM
Online Seminar
“Remote or Removed? Predicting Successful Engagement and Online Learning During COVID-19” and “School Reopening Policies, Teacher Experiences, and COVID-19 Incidence and Secondary Transmission In Schools”
THURSTON DOMINA, PHD | Professor and Program Coordinator, UNC-CH School of Education
SABRINA ZADROZNY, PHD | Director, Data Management and Analysis Core and Statistician Investigator, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Welcome: Diana Fishbein
Context Setting: Aysenil Belger
Friday | February 5, 2021 from 1-2:30 PM
Online Seminar
ARIEL FORD | Director, North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education
LINDA CHAPPEL | Senior Vice President, Triangle Area Child Care Resource and Referral, Child Care Services Association (CCSA)
Welcome: Diana Fishbein
Context Setting: Aysenil Belger
Speaker Introduction: Sandra Soliday Hong
Fall 2020
Wednesday | December 9, 2020 from 3-4:30 PM
Online Seminar
KEITH SUTTON | Wake County School Board and FocusED LLC
Series Introduction: Aysenil Belger
Moderator: Iheoma Iruka