The third TCUB Connects event will be held at the Smith Learning Theatre in the Digital Futures Institute at Teachers College on October 1, 2024, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm. See the preliminary event program below.

The Real-World Impacts of Faculty Research:
A Networking and Collaboration Event

Sponsored by the following offices at Teachers College:

• The Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs (VDFA)
• The Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs (ODCA)
• The Office of the Vice Dean for Research (VDR)

WELCOME REMARKS

• Tom Bailey, Ph.D., President of Teachers College
• Dennis A. Mitchell, D.D.S., M.P.H., Columbia University Interim Provost 
• Linda A. Bell, Ph.D., Provost of Barnard College

 

INTRODUCTION
KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D., Provost and Dean, Teachers College

 

FLASH TALK PRESENTATIONS

 

SPEED NETWORKING 

KerryAnn O’Meara, Ph.D., Provost and Dean, Teachers College

 

CLOSING REMARKS

• Marie Miville, Ph.D., Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs, Teachers College
• Janice Robinson, J.D., Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Teachers College
• Jennifer Rosales, Vice President for Inclusion and Engaged Learning, Barnard College
• Joanne Delgadillo, Chief of Staff, Barnard College

 

RECEPTION

 

FACULTY FLASH TALKS

STEM STEAM Make Dream: Towards Interdisciplinarity and Possibility                         
Chris Emdin, Ph.D., Maxine Greene Chair for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Director of the STEAM, DREAM & IdeaLab, Teachers College

 

Multimodality and the Future of Research

Lalitha Vasudevan, Ph.D., Professor of Technology and Education, Vice Dean for Digital Innovation; Managing Director of the Digital Futures Institute, and Director of the Media and Social Change Lab, Teachers College

 

Today's Research for Tomorrow's Schools: Empowering Educators through Innovation

Ellen Meier, Ed.D., Professor of Computing and Educational Practice, Executive Director of the Center for Technology and School Change (CTSC), and Coordinator of the Educational Technology Specialist Program, Teachers College

Sustaining School Practices for Impactful Educational Outcomes

Melissa A. Collier-Meek, Ph.D., Associate Professor of School Psychology, Teachers College

 

Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of STEM Teachers for High-Need Schools

María S. Rivera Maulucci, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Education, Barnard College

 

Brothers in Grief: The Toll of Urban Gun Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools

Nora Gross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Education, Barnard College

 

Addressing Youth Suicide and Self-Harm: Who, Why, and Now What

Christine Cha, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Teachers College

A Speech-Processing Algorithm for Automatic Screening of Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia

Maryam Zolnoori, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Sciences Research, School of Nursing, Columbia University

Baby's First Years

Kimberly Noble, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience and Education; Director, Neurocognition, Early Experience and Development (NEED) Lab, Teachers College

 

Understanding Preterm Birth – A Mechanical Engineer’s Perspective

Kristin Myers, Ph.D., Associate Professor for Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

Facilitating Building Decarbonization with Optimization and Artificial Intelligence

Bianca Howard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University

 

Toward Racial Justice in Artificial Intelligence

Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D.,  Professor of Critical Race, Media, and Educational Studies, and Director of the Edmund W. Gordon Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Teachers College

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The organizers of TCUB at Teachers College (Janice S. Robinson, Vice President for Diversity and Community Affairs, Marie L. Miville, Vice-Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Carol Scheffner Hammer, former Vice Dean for Research) would like to thank the staff of the Office of the Vice Dean for Research at Teachers College, Columbia University: Harriet Jackson, Assistant Director for Research, and Wajeeha Hazoor, former Administrative Fellow for Research; the Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs (VDFA) staff member Tatiana Vera; the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at Columbia University including Adina Berrios Brooks, Interim Chief of Staff and Associate Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusive Pathways, and Vina Tran, Assistant Provost for Faculty Advancement; and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Barnard College, including Jennifer Rosales, Vice President for Inclusion and Engaged Learning and Joanne Delgadillo, Chief of Staff, and the staff of the Smith Learning Theatre at the Digital Futures Institute. A special thank you is extended to Victoria Hamilton, Associate Vice President, Research Initiatives, and Director of the Office of Research Initiatives and Development at Columbia University.