Three amazing opportunities for community engaged scholars, activist scholars & community happening this month!
Questions? Parentii@hartford.edu
Qualitative Research Learning Series (see flyer)
Come check out the Qualitative Research Learning Series, Part 2!
In Part 2 of this workshop, experienced graduate scholars from the CUNY Psychology Department will talk about qualitative research design, data collection, and data analysis, and will provide attendees with opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion. See below for details about our first presenters, Allison Cabana and Devin Heyward.
Community members, graduate students, faculty, and staff in all disciplines are invited.
Attendees do not need to have attended Part 1 of the workshop series.
Date: 10 am – 1:30 pm, Saturday, April 14
Location: East Hall 105
***To attend, please RSVP to pienkos@hartford.edu no later than Monday, April 9, 2018***
In your RSVP, please indicate whether you are a student, faculty, staff, or community member, and your discipline/area of research. Thank you!
Presenter information:
Devin A. Heyward, MPhil., M.A. is a doctoral candidate in the Social-Personality Psychology Doctoral Program at the Graduate Center – CUNY and a professor at St. Peter’s University in the Sociology/Urban Studies Department. Devin’s dissertation analyzes how racial identity changes over the life span and how it is influenced by self-initiated encounter events, in particular genetic ancestry testing. Additionally, she has worked on varying projects concerning HIV prevention for college going women; a national Queer Person of Color (Q-POC) participatory research project for incarcerated persons; and two international projects in Uganda and Peru concerning children’s rights. Prior to joining the Sociology/Urban Studies Department at St. Peter’s University, Devin taught several courses at The City College of New York, including Psychology and the Black Experience, Social Psychology and the Social Psychology of Racism and Prejudice. Additionally, she has taught Health Psychology at Lehman College, Intro Psychology at the Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY), and “Teaching Diverse Learners,” a Master’s level course, at SUNY Empire State College.
Allison L. Cabana is a participatory researcher and doctoral student in the Critical Social Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate and University Center. Her work has included “What’s Your Issue?,” a national PAR project employing a participatory online survey, as well as, being a part of a local NYC based youth research collective investigating LGBTQ+ & GNC youth of color’s experiences with community and identity. Employing a PAR epistemology in her work, Cabana has interrogated knowledge production and academic scholarship using ethnographic interviews, participatory surveys, and quantitative data analysis. Allison’s work is committed to prioritizing the experience(s) and knowledge(s) of queer and trans people of color. In addition to her research work, Allison has taught Psychology courses at Bronx Community College, and been involved in a variety of workshops focusing on participatory epistemology and methodology (PAR and CPAR).
URBAN @AERA
Look for fellow scholars presentations and connecting with others in the network http://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings
ENHP Day
April 26, 2018 (See full day of faculty, student and community events attached) http://www.hartford.edu/enhp/community/enhp-day/
KEYNOTE SPEAKER MICHELLE FINE
Critical participatory research in revolting times:
Interrogating racial (in)justice and bearing w(h)iteness in schools, prisons and community life
4:15-5:15 p.m., Auerbach Auditorium
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Urban Education
Founding Faculty Member, Public Science Project
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
FILM – COMMUNITY EVENT Paper Tigers
6 – 8pm Auerbach Auditorium The final event of the day will be a viewing of the film Paper Tigers with an interactive dialogue about contemporary issues facing our communities.
Co-facilitated with Hartford Public Schools.