Conference Speakers

Other Speakers

Oscar A. Barbarin III, L. Richardson and Emily Preyer Bicentennial Distinguished Professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Monica Baskin, associate professor, Division of Preventative Medicine, University of Alabama-Birmingham

William Bell, president and CEO, Casey Family Programs

Al Blumstein, professor of urban systems and operations research, Carnegie Mellon University

Larry Bobo, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University

Dalton Conley, dean of social science, New York University

Terri Cross, Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association

Sheldon Danziger, professor of public policy, University of Michigan

King Davis, Professor and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, University of Texas-Austin

Robin Engel, associate professor and director, University of Cincinnati Policing Institute

Joe Feagin, Ella C. McFadden Professor in Sociology, Texas A&M University

Ron Ferguson, senior lecturer in education and public policy, Harvard University

Charles Gallagher, professor and chair, Department of Sociology, LaSalle University

Sarah Gehlert, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University

Patricia Gurin, Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan

David Harris, professor of law, University of Pittsburgh

Howard Hogan, associate director for demographic programs, U.S. Census Bureau, or Karen Humes, assistant division chief for special population statistics, U.S. Census Bureau

Harry Holzer, professor of public policy, Georgetown University

D.J. Ida, executive director, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association

James Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan

David Kennedy, director of the Center for Crime and Violence, City University of New York

Thomas A. LaVeist, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy and Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, Johns Hopkins University

Taeku Lee, Professor of political science and law, University of California at Berkeley

Kokos Markides, professor and director, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch

Marc Mauer, executive director, Sentencing Project, Washington, D.C.

Ruth McRoy, Donahue and DiFelice Professor, School of Social Work, Boston College

Pedro Noguera, professor of teaching and learning, New York University

Gary Orfield, professor, Graduate School of Education, and director of Civil Rights Project, University of California-Los Angeles

John Powell, professor and executive director, Kirwin Institute, The Ohio State University

Steven Raphael, professor of public policy, University of California-Berkeley

Mark Rank, Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, Washington University

Goutham Rao, associate professor of pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh

Tom Shapiro, professor of law and social policy, Brandeis University

Russell Skiba, professor in counseling and educational psychology, Indiana University

Jeanette South-Paul, professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

David Takeuchi, professor and associate dean for research, University of Washington

Marta Tienda, professor of sociology and public affairs, Princeton University

John Wallace, Phillip Hallen Chair in Community Health and Social Justice, University of Pittsburgh

David Williams, professor of African and African American studies, Harvard University

Oliver Williams, professor and director, Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, University of Minnesota