We invite everyone to attend our seminar series for the Fall and Spring semesters. We invite passionate speakers to teach our CASSBI community. Speakers will present on a broad range of topics related to advancing systems science and promoting changes within systems, including research & innovation, technology development, community engagement, design, healthcare, policymaking, and professional development.
When: Mondays, 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET
Where: All seminars will be virtual via Zoom, join using this link: https://go.gmu.edu/cassbi
For Who: Everyone! Students, Faculty, Staff, Community representatives, industry professionals, curious citizens…
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Would you like to speak at our Seminar Series? Please reach out to Dr. Samuel Acuña
Fall 2024 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 8/26/24 | N/A | (First day of school) |
| 9/2/24 | N/A | (Labor Day) |
| 9/9/24 | Dr. Jenny Phan, Assistant Director of Community Engagement, CASSBI | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Community-based participatory research |
| 9/16/24 | Philip L Wilkerson, GMU Career Services | Mentorship/Sponsorship for Professional Growth |
| 9/23/24 | Dr. Deepak Saluja, Clinibooth | A startup for a point-of-care booth |
| 9/30/24 | Dr. Gary Taylor, Professor of Social Work, Virginia State University | Engaging Black Men in Mental Health: A Non-Traditional Approach |
| 10/7/24 | Dr. Cameron Nowzari, Assoc. Prof. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, GMU | Good Enough Control of Robot Swarms |
| 10/14/24 | N/A | (Fall Break) |
| 10/21/24 | N/A | (NRT Conference) |
| 10/28/24 | Dr. Emily Parrott, Senior Director of Research & Evaluation, Thrive Scholars | How researchers support non-profit organizations like Thrive Scholars |
| 11/4/24 | Claire Adams, Center for Youth Voice Youth Choice | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Disability advocacy and self-advocacy |
| 11/11/24 | Dr. Samuel Acuña, Assistant Director of Design, CASSBI | An engineer’s perspective on disability |
| 11/18/24 | Kayla Skinner-Roy, Eastern Michigan University | Community-focused, art-based education program as an expressive therapy |
| 11/25/24 | Otto Lana, Center for Youth Voice Youth Choice | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: You Only Have One Life to Live, Make Sure It Is Authentically Yours: Musing from a Multi-Modality Communicator |
| 12/2/24 | Tim Fuchs, Deputy Executive Director, ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Quality of Life for Individuals with Disabilities |
Spring 2025 Seminar Series
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 1/27/25 | Dr. Felice Resnik, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin–Madison | Implementation Science |
| 2/3/25 | Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar, Dr. Parag Chitnis, Dr. Samuel Acuña, and Dr. Jenny Mai Phan, Directors and Assistant Directors of CASSBI | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Introduction to CASSBI and Community Engagement Initiatives |
| 2/10/25 | Jarell Skinner-Roy, PhD Candidate in Higher Education, University of Michigan | How students of color view campus policing |
| 2/17/25 | Dr. Theo Hopper, Bucknell University | Community-engaged learning with biomedical engineering undergraduates |
| 2/24/25 | Dr. David Hollinger, University of Essex | Applying Modern Tools for Data Analytics & Modeling in the Real-world |
| 3/3/25 | Dr. Jessie Greenlee, Lafayette College | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Minority Stress in Autism: Challenges and Resilience in Transition-Age Youth |
| 3/10/25 | N/A | (Spring Break) |
| 3/17/25 | Andrew Hurley, Boston College | Restorative justice in education |
| 3/24/25 | Coming soon! | |
| 3/31/25 | Dr. Suman Mitra, University of Arkansas | Designing a Community-led Bike Share Program |
| 4/7/25 | Transition Age Youth Panel Discussion | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Panel on Transition Age Youth with Disabilities |
| 4/14/25 | Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés, University of Texas at Dallas | The effects of maternal adversity on caregiving behaviors (and reward-related brain activity) and offspring development |
| 4/21/25 | Dr. Lisa Hiura, University of Colorado | The social neuroscience and development of bonding: insights from the monogamous prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) |
| 4/28/25 | Coming soon! | |
| 5/5/25 | Tawara D. Goode, National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University | Limited Series on Transition Aged Youth: Centering cultural and linguistic competence for transition-aged youth and their families with intellectual and developmental disabilities |