2012 Distinguished Guest Speakers
CHST 3320: Children, Public Policies, Advocacy and Legislation in New York State — The Honorable William Scarborough
The speaker series for this course was highlighted on the Brooklyn College website News on Oct. 4. AM Scarborough, along with the Children and Youth Studies Founding Director, Professor Gertrud Lenzer, developed this course. It is now in its fourth consecutive year and is an "intrinsic part of the syllabus" that gives students the opportunity to discuss such issues as education, foster care, the juvenile justice system, the child protective system and mental health.
Sept. 27
Ron Richter, commissioner, Administration for Children's Services
Oct. 9
Honorable Cathy Nolan, New York State Assembly, Committee on Education
Oct. 16
Gena Diacomanolis, senior director, Child Advocacy Centers, Safe Horizon
Oct. 23
Jamel Robinson, president and CEO, Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative
Oct. 30
Honorable Jeff Klein, New York State Sentate
Kaitlyn Monte, Miss New York State 2012
Nov. 8
Simonia Brown, child care policy analyst, New York State Assembly
Nov. 15
Dermot Smyth, Queens chair, United Federation of Teachers
Nov. 20
Gerard Wallace, president, NYS Kinship Navigator
CHST 4900: Professional Perspectives and Children — Professor Katherine Hejtmanek
Oct. 9
Katherine Eckstein, director of public policy, Children's Aid Society
Oct. 23
Sherry M. Cleary, executive director, New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, Office of Academic Affairs, CUNY
Nov. 6
Ellen Fried, Esq., adjunct professor, CUNY School of Law
Nov. 15
Terry M. Perlin, Ph.D., consultant; medical ethics visiting professor of pediatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; professor of interdisciplinary studies and research fellow (emeritus), Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University (Ohio)
CHST 4900: Professional Perspectives and Children — Professor Katherine Hejtmanek
Feb. 21
Terry M. Perlin, Ph.D., consultant; medical ethics visiting professor of pediatrics, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; professor of interdisciplinary studies and research fellow, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University (Ohio)
Feb. 27
Sherry M. Cleary, executive director, New York City Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, Office of Academic Affairs, CUNY
March 26
Ellen Fried, Esq., professor of children and youth studies
April 2
Katherine Eckstein, director of public policy, Children's Aid Society
