SPEAK: The Impact of Technology on Children's Mental Health
Tuesday, March 19, 7-8:15 p.m. | Town School for Boys |
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SPEAK is thrilled to welcome two of the most respected experts on issues related to technology, education and children in the United States today. Please join us for a fireside chat with Jim Steyer (Founder and CEO of Common Sense Media) and Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair (Clinical Psychologist and Author of The Big Disconnect).
SYMPOSIUM - Dr. Jamil Zaki
Wednesday, March 20, 5-6:15 p.m.| Burke's Campus
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Light Refreshments will be served at 4:30 p.m.
Jamil Zaki is a full professor of psychology at Stanford University. He and his colleagues study social connection, including empathy, cooperation, and trust (see
ssnl.stanford.edu for details). He has pioneered a new perspective on empathy as a learnable skill, and much of his work focuses on training individuals, groups, and communities to empathize more effectively.
Dr. Zaki received his BA in cognitive neuroscience from Boston University and his Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University and conducted postdoctoral research at the Harvard Center for Brain Science. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and received about two dozen awards from scientific associations and universities. In 2019 he was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the US Government’s highest honor for researchers at his career stage.
In addition to his academic work, Dr. Zaki is active in outreach and public communication of science. He has written about human connection for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Business Review, and The New Yorker. In 2019, he published his first book, The War for Kindness, which NPR called a “wide-ranging, practical guide to making the world better.” His second book, Hope for Cynics, will be published in 2024.