Summer Institutes
The Center on Race and Social Problems will again host four one-day institutes in the summer of 2011. Each institute will examine the nature, extent, and patterns of racial disparities for black males in the areas of gun violence, employment, health/mental health, and education. The institutes will examine explanations, consequences, model programs, and new policy and program options.
They will feature presentations and discussions with national and local experts. They are intended for researchers, educators, administrators, community leaders, policy makers, and practitioners.
Registration Required.
Summer Institutes 2011
June 2: Black Male Gun Violence
- Black Male Firearm Violence and the People Affected
David Hemenway, Professor of Health Policy, Harvard University - Policies to reduce and Prevent Black Male Gun Violence
Al Blumstein, Professor of Urban Systems and Operations, CMU - Comments
Nathan Harper, Pittsburgh Chief of Police
Richard Garland, Executive Director, One Vision One Life
June 6: Black Male Employment
- Employing Less-Educated Black Men
Ronald Mincy, Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University - Employing Educated Black Men
William Rodgers, III, Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Chief Economist, Heldric Center for Workforce Development Rutgers University - Black Male Employment Problems and Solutions
William E. Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
June 27: Black Male Health/Mental Health
- Black Male Health
Tom La Veist, Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions; Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University - Black Male Mental Health
Harold Neighbors, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Michigan; Director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health; Director, Program for Research on Black Americans; Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
July 7: Black Male Education
- An Opportunity Agenda for Black Males
John Jackson, President and CEO, Schott Foundation - Black Males and Gifted Education
Donna Y. Ford, Professor, Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University
July 15: Black Male Gun Violence (Video and discussion session)
- Black Male Firearm Violence and the People Affected
David Hemenway, Professor of Health Policy, Harvard University - Policies to reduce and Prevent Black Male Gun Violence
Al Blumstein, Professor of Urban Systems and Operations, CMU
Summer Institutes 2010
We thank The Pittsburgh Foundation for their generous support of the Center's summer institutes in 2008 and 2009. The summer of 2010 saw a break in our presentation of the institutes—see information on our June 2010 conference “Race in America: Restructuring Inequality” at www.crsp.pitt.edu/race
Summer Institutes 2009
May 21: African American Parental Involvement in Public Education
- Public School Strategies to Improve African American Parental Involvement
M. Ann Levett, Executive Director, School Development Program, Yale University Comer School Development Program - Interventions to Enhance Parental Involvement in Literacy
Patricia Edwards, Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University College of Education - Community Support for African American Parental Involvement in Education
Mavis Sanders, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Education
July 10: Aging Out of the Child Welfare System: Experiences, Outcomes,and Interventions for Youth of Color
- System Change that Works for Children of All Races
David Sanders, Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement, Casey Family Programs - Disproportionality in Education and Employment Outcomes of Adult Foster Care Alumni
Marian Harris, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Washington at Tacoma - Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Developmental Outcomes and Intervention Approaches
Paul Toro, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Wayne State University - Aging Out of the Child Welfare System in Allegheny County: Race, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol, and Justice System Involvement
Sara Goodkind, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, and Jeffrey Shook, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
July 21: Race, Hunger, and Food Insecurity
- A Blueprint to End Hunger in America
George Braley, Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy, Feeding America - Hunger, Food Insecurity, and Race in Pennsylvania
Joyce Rothermel, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank - Hunger in the Pittsburgh Region and a Prescription for Change
Cynthia Moore, Community Outreach Director, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
August 5: Racial Diversity Management in Corporate America
- Effectiveness of Corporate Diversity Programs
Frank Dobbin, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University Department of Sociology - Responses to Diversity Performance Evaluations and Policies
Emilio Castilla, Assistant Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management - Unfinished Business: The Impact of Race on Mentoring Relationships in Corporate America
Audrey J. Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business
Summer Institutes 2008
July 9: Race and Prisoner Reintegration
- Race and Prisoner Reentry: An Overview, Steven Raphael, University of California at Berkeley
- Race and Female Offender, Reentry Beth Richie, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Race and Prisoner Reentry: Findings from a Longitudinal Study, Nancy LaVigne, Urban Institute
- The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' Approach to Reentry, Kathleen Gnall, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
July 11: African American Children’s Mental Health
- Indicators of Mental Health among African American Children, Oscar Barbarin, University of North Carolina
- Barriers to Mental Health Service Use by Children and Families of Color, Michael Spencer, University of Michigan
- Effects of Chronic Stress on Urban Adolescents’ Mental Health, David Miller, Case Western Reserve University
- African American Children's Mental Health: Common Diagnoses and Disparities, Charma Dudley, Family Resources of Pennsylvania
July 24: Race and Youth Violence
- Race, Crime, and Justice: Standing on Common Ground, David Kennedy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Violence, Race/Ethnicity, and American Youth: Patterns, Trends, and Correlates, John Wallace and Michael Yonas, University of Pittsburgh
- The Challenge of Creating Buy-in and Credibility around Race and Violence: the Pittsburgh Experience, Fred Thieman, Buhl Foundation and Youth Crime Prevention Council
August 19: Race and Kinship Care
- Family Preservation through Kinship Care, Ruth McRoy, University of Texas at Austin
- Kinship Care: African American Adolescent’s Perceptions, Ann Schwartz, Concordia University Texas
- Permanency Planning for Children of Color in Allegheny County, Marcia Sturdivant, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Summer Institutes 2007
June 12: Attracting, Retaining, and Advancing Law Students and Lawyers of Color in the Pittsburgh Region
- Co-sponsored with the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
July 13: Racial and Ethnic Disproportionality in School Discipline
- Overview: Racial/Ethnic Issues in School Discipline & Comprehensive Disciplinary Approaches, Russell Skiba, Indiana University
- Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in School Discipline Among High School Students: 1991-2005, John Wallace and Sara Goodkind, University of Pittsburgh
- Racial/Ethnic Problems in School Discipline and Solutions, Pedro Noguera, New York University
- School Discipline in Ecological Context and Actions to Reduce Disparities, Linda Raffaele Mendez, University of South Florida
July 27: Race and Mental Health
- Overview of National Statistics on Race and Mental Health, King Davis, University of Texas Austin
- Overview of Local Conditions, Charlotte Brown, University of Pittsburgh
- Epidemiology of Depression, Harold Neighbors, University of Michigan
- The Role of Cultural Mistrust in African American Mental Health, Arthur Whaley, Russell Sage Foundation
Summer Institutes 2006
June 14: Race and Child Welfare
- Disproportionality: Overview and Research Methods, Ruth McRoy, University of Texas at Austin
- Disproportionality: Recent Findings, Robert Hill, Westat Inc.
- Current Challenges and Initiatives, Carol Wilson Spigner, University of Pennsylvania
- Race and Permanence, Helen Cahalane, University of Pittsburgh
- The Pittsburgh Region: Local Issues and Policy and Practice Options, Walter Smith, Family Resources of Pennsylvania, and, Marcia Sturdivant, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
June 29: Race, Crime, and Communities
- Community Context of Crime: Ethnographic Studies of Race, Communities, and Drug Markets, part one, Luke Bergmann, Oregon University of Health Sciences;
- Community Context of Crime: Ethnographic Studies of Race, Communities, and Drug Markets, part two, George Tita, University of California at Irvine
- Context and System Factors Affecting Race and Crime, Darnell Hawkins, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Race, Crime, and Community Response--Measurement of Community Characteristics, part one, Loeber, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Race, Crime, and Community Response--Measurement of Community Characteristics, part two, Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University
