Inaugurated in 2017, the annual Kessler-Freedheim lecture honors Dr. Jane Kessler, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and former director of the Mental Development Center, and Dr. Donald Freedheim, Emeritus Professor of Psychology and former Director of the Schubert Center.
"The series helps us recognize the distinguished history of research and work with children on our campus," said Jill Korbin, the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor of Anthropology and Senior Advisor to the Schubert Center.
Integrating early care, education, and poverty reduction: A three-pronged approach to supporting child development at scale [2022-2023 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture]
Speaker: Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt
Date: April 25, 2023
Resources: Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality
The changing landscape of youth suicide and suicidal behavior: An examination of racial differences and risk factors [2021-2022 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture]
Speaker: Dr. Arielle Sheftall, Assistant Professor, and Principal Investigator at the Suicide Prevention and Research Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Date: November 3, 2021
Resources: Black Youth Suicide - A Growing Crisis
Anti-racist, Inclusive, and Resilient: Pitfalls, lessons and advances in research strategies concerning Black youth in the U.S. [2020-2021 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture]
Speaker: Dr. Dexter Voisin, Dean, Professor & Chair of Social Work, University of Toronto
Date: April 21, 2021
Resources: Getting Started: Embedding Child & Youth Research with an Anti-Racist Frame; Anti-Racist Research Principles - Resource List
Disparities in the Diagnosis and Care of Children with Autism [2018-2019 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture]
Speaker: Dr. David Mandell, Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Date: February 26, 2019
Resource: Disparities in Diagnosing and Caring for Children with Autism
Finding a Path to Equity: Media’s Role in Advocating for Cleveland’s Youth [2018 Kessler-Freedheim Keynote Forum]
Co-hosted by The City Club of Cleveland
Panelists:
- Leila Atassi, Reporter, Cleveland.com
- Margaret Bernstein, Director of Advocacy and Community Initiatives, WKYC
- Rachel Dissell, Reporter, The Plain Dealer
- This conversation will be moderated by City Club Youth Forum Council Chair, TiOlu Oresanya
Date: May 4, 2018
Making the Slow Transition to Adulthood: Lessons in Experience, Identity and Inequality [2017 Kessler-Freedheim Lecture]
Speaker: Dr. Richard Settersten, Jr., Director of Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children & Families at Oregon State University
Date: March 7, 2017