Faculty

2023 Yale Conference on Mental Illness

You are invited to the Yale School of Management to join a conversation on Rethinking the US System for people who experience severe and persistent mental illness at the inaugural Yale Conference on Mental Illness.
The theme for this inaugural student-led conference is Rethinking the US System for people who experience severe and persistent mental illness. The approach includes keynote speaker/panelist presentations and ideation sessions in smaller groups. The audience is invited to participate by asking questions and sharing your insights and perspectives on the theme.

VIRTUAL: Hanging with Our Younger Selves: Uplifting the Future of AAPI Mental Health

Join our panel as we talk to a variety of AAPI-focused mental health counselors and learn about their stories in career acquisition. Have a chance to speak to them personally and learn about opportunities young people can have to boost their career in mental health! Panelists include: Yale School of Nursing Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner student Peggy Wong ’24 MSN, Dr. Eunice Yuen of the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center, Dr. Tim Huang of Mind X PLLC, and Amy Tao-Foster of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center.
Anyone is welcome to join!

VIRTUAL: Yale Blue Green Sustainability Webinar Series featuring Sten Vermund and Omolade Adunbi ’04 MA, ’10 PhD

Join us for this virtual program with Sten Vermund, MD, PhD, and Omolade Adunbi ’04 MA, ’10 PhD, who will discuss environmental equity and human health in the context of climate change and the global politics of natural resource extraction. Moderating this session is Chip Spear ’74, board co-chair of Yale Blue Green.

Spring Teaching Forum

Join us at the Poorvu Center for the 2023 Spring Teaching Forum, “Teaching in the Age of ChatGPT,” with visiting speaker Derek Bruff (University of Mississippi). The forum is an annual event that promotes discussion and collaboration around teaching at Yale.

Course (Re)Design Institute

Faculty: Join the Poorvu Center for 3 days, in person, to work on a new course or refresh an existing one. Interact with faculty from across campus, examine your goals, and consider ways to prioritize equity.
Through the Poorvu Center’s Course (Re)Design Institute, participants will:
Join a vibrant and supportive teaching and learning community of Yale instructors and Poorvu Center staff
Explore pedagogical approaches through interactive workshops on equity-focused teaching, student-centered learning, assessment, active learning, and community and belonging.

Poynter - Esmé Weijun Wang: In Conversation with Esmé Weijun Wang on Mental Health, Ableism, and Spirituality

Esmé Weijun Wang is a novelist and essayist. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias (2019), and a debut novel, The Border of Paradise. She was named by Granta as one of the “Best of Young American Novelists” on its decennial list in 2017 and won the Whiting Award in 2018. Born in the Midwest to Taiwanese parents, she is the founder of The Unexpected Shape™ Writing Academy for ambitious writers living with limitations.

Poynter - Sarah Leonard: The New Gender Wars, Activism, and the Changing Media

Sarah Leonard is editor-in-chief of Lux magazine. She is a contributing editor to The Nation, where she was previously features editor. She is on the editorial board of Dissent magazine, where she was previously an editor, and on the board of The Baffler. She teaches courses on new media and feminist media at New York University, where she is a fellow at the Institute for Public Knowledge. She has co-edited two books, and her work has been widely published in the New York Times, New Republic, and elsewhere.

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