The third TCUB Connects event will be held at the Smith Learning Theatre in the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College on October 1, 2024, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm. See the preliminary event program below.
The Real-World Impacts of Faculty Research:
A Networking and Collaboration Event
Sponsored by the following offices at Teachers College:
- The Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs (VDFA)
- The Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs (ODCA)
- The Office of the Vice Dean for Research (VDR)
WELCOME REMARKS
- Tom Bailey, Ph.D., President of Teachers College
- Dennis A. Mitchell, D.D.S., M.P.H., Columbia University Interim Provost
- Linda A. Bell, Ph.D., Provost of Barnard College
INTRODUCTION
KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D., Provost and Dean, Teachers College
FLASH TALK PRESENTATIONS
SPEED NETWORKING
KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D., Provost and Dean, Teachers College
CLOSING REMARKS
- Marie Miville, Ph.D., Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs, Teachers College
- Janice Robinson, J.D., Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Teachers College
- Jennifer Rosales, Vice President for Inclusion and Engaged Learning, Barnard College
- Joanne Delgadillo, Chief of Staff, Barnard College
RECEPTION
FACULTY FLASH TALKS
STEM STEAM Make Dream: Towards Interdisciplinarity and Possibility
Chris Emdin, Ph.D., Maxine Greene Chair for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Director of the STEAM, DREAM & IdeaLab, Teachers College
Multimodality and the Future of Research
Lalitha Vasudevan, Ph.D., Professor of Technology and Education, Vice Dean for Digital Innovation; Managing Director of the Digital Futures Institute, and Director of the Media and Social Change Lab, Teachers College
Today's Research for Tomorrow's Schools: Empowering Educators through Innovation
Ellen Meier, Ed.D., Professor of Computing and Educational Practice, Executive Director of the Center for Technology and School Change (CTSC), and Coordinator of the Educational Technology Specialist Program, Teachers College
Sustaining School Practices for Impactful Educational Outcomes
Melissa A. Collier-Meek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of School Psychology, Teachers College
Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of STEM Teachers for High-Need Schools
María S. Rivera Maulucci, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Education, Barnard College
Brothers in Grief: The Toll of Urban Gun Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools
Nora Gross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Education, Barnard College
Addressing Youth Suicide and Self-Harm: Who, Why, and Now What
Christine Cha, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College
A Speech-Processing Algorithm for Automatic Screening of Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia
Maryam Zolnoori, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Columbia University
Baby's First Years
Kimberly Noble, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Education; Director, Neurocognition, Early Experience and Development (NEED) Lab, Teachers College
Understanding Preterm Birth – A Mechanical Engineer’s Perspective
Kristin Myers, Ph.D., Associate Professor for Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Facilitating Building Decarbonization with Optimization and Artificial Intelligence
Bianca Howard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Toward Racial Justice in Artificial Intelligence
Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D., Professor of Critical Race, Media, and Educational Studies, and Director of the Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The organizers of TCUB at Teachers College (Janice S. Robinson, Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Marie L. Miville, Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Carol Scheffner Hammer, former Vice Dean for Research) would like to thank the staff of the Office of the Vice Dean for Research at Teachers College, Columbia University: Harriet Jackson, Assistant Director for Research, and Wajeeha Hazoor, former Administrative Fellow for Research; the Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs (VDFA) staff member Tatiana Vera; the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at Columbia University including Adina Berrios Brooks, Interim Chief of Staff and Associate Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusive Pathways, and Vina Tran, Assistant Provost for Faculty Advancement; and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Barnard College, including Jennifer Rosales, Vice President for Inclusion and Engaged Learning and Joanne Delgadillo, Chief of Staff, and the staff of the Smith Learning Theatre at the Digital Futures Institute. A special thank you is extended to Victoria Hamilton, Associate Vice President, Research Initiatives, and Director of the Office of Research Initiatives and Development at Columbia University.