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Penn Child Research Center

Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Lectures

    2018 Lecture

    The greenfield Carter Lecture on Early Childhood Well-Being and familieS

    sPEAKERS

    Dr. Tammy Mann, President and CEO, The Campagna Center

    Dr. Samuel Meisels, Founding Executive Director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska

    RESPONDENTS

    Michael DiBerardinis, Managing Director for the City of Philadelphia

    Carol Austin, Executive Director of First Up (formerly the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children)

    2015 Lecture

    Policy, INEQUALITY, and Schools

    Dr. David K. Cohen, John Dewey Collegiate Professor, School of Education | Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

    2014 Lecture

    Lifting Little Hands: National and Local Responses To Young Children Living in Poverty

    John Fantuzzo, Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations

    Renée Wilson-Simmons, Director, National Center of Children in Poverty
    Sheila Smith, Director, Early Childhood National Center for Children in Poverty
    Donna Cooper, Executive Director, Public Citizens for Children and Youth
    Aisha Ray, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dean of Faculty, Erikson Institute

    Panel discussion

    • Click on each panelist's name to view a video of their presentation.

    2012 Lecture

    Challenged Youth and Challenged Public Services:  Putting Integrated Systems to USE

    Dennis Culhane, The Dana and Andrew Stone Professor of Social Policy

    2011 Lecture

    Mandates, Models, and Methods, Oh My! A Strategic Look at the Essential Components of Early Childhood Education

    Jerleann Daniel, Executive Director, National Association for the Education for Young Children.

    2010 Lecture

    New Leaders for New Puzzles: Meeting the Challenges of Accountability and Performance for Improved Health, Education, and Social Services

    Donald Kettl, Dean, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland.

    2009 Lecture

    The Educational Well-Being of African-American Boys: A Philadelphia Story of Challenges and Possibilities

    John Fantuzzo, Albert M. Greenfield Professor of Human Relations, University of Pennsylvania.

    The Educational Well-Being of Latino Children: A Philadelphia Story of Challenges and Possibilities
    John Fantuzzo presented findings from his research on the educational well-being of Latino children in the Philadelphia public school system to leaders of the Latino community. The meeting was convened by Johnny Irizarry, Director of Casa Latina, and Ann Farnsworth-Alvear, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. To download a summary of the presentation, click here.