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FACULTY

Meet our 2023 LEARN Institute Faculty

We’re bringing together a collection of the brightest minds to share their experiences, knowledge and desire to cultivate your curiosity. Whatever your challenge, these early childhood leaders are on the front line of innovation, transformation, exploration and can help solve it with you.

FEATURING PLENARY SPEAKERS & SPECIAL GUEST DISCUSSANTS

Dorothy Roberts, JD

Plenary Speaker

George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

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Brenda Jones Harden, PhD

Plenary Speaker & Track 6 Special Guest Discussant

Professor of Social Work at Columbia School of Social Work and the President of the ZERO TO THREE Board of Directors

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Charles H. Zeanah Jr., MD

Track 6 Special Guest Discussant

Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine

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Kazuko Behrens, PhD

Professor, SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Stephanie Irby Coard, PhD

Professor, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

Deborah Jacobvitz, PhD

Phyllis L. Richards Endowed Professor of Child Development, The University of Texas at Austin

Sheri Hill, PhD

Early Childhood Policy and Systems Trainer, Sheri L. Hill, PhD, LLC

Liliana Pongutá, PhD, MPH

Research Scientist, Yale University

Michael Yellow Bird, MSW, PhD

Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba

Alan-Michael Graves, EdD

Sr. Director of Teaching and Capacity Building, Good Plus Foundation

Shauna Knox, EdD

Sr. Vice President, National Black Child Development Institute

Jennifer Jennings-Shaffer, MPA

Principal, Odyssey Strategic Consulting

Eva Marie Shivers, JD, PhD

Founder and Executive Director, Indigo Cultural Center

Nat Vikitsreth, LCSW, DT, CEIM

Founder, Come Back to Care

Dawn Yazzie, MA, NCC

ECMH Consultant, Smart Support at Southwest Human Development

Joy V. Browne, PhD, PCNS, IMH-E

Clinical Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Gail Trujillo, MS

Infant Mental Health Specialist

Ayelet Talmi, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Noelle Hause, EdD, LPC, IMH-E® Mentor (Clinical)

Sr. Professional Development Manager, IECMH, ZERO TO THREE

Dr. Harleen Hutchinson, PsyD, IMH-E®

Executive Director, The Journey Institute Inc.

Nucha Isarowong, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E®

Dir. of the Advanced Clinical Training Program, University of Washington

Aditi Subramaniam, LMHC, IECMH-E®, R-DMT

Associate Director of IECMH, Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Still haven’t registered for LEARN Institute?

LEARN Institute is limited to only 600 attendees. Don’t miss your opportunity to add your voice to our spectacular faculty lineup and save your seat before it’s gone!

Still haven’t registered for LEARN Institute?

LEARN Institute is limited to only 600 attendees. Don’t miss your opportunity to add your voice to our spectacular faculty lineup and save your seat before it’s gone!