Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UCSB Gevirtz School

The next edition of the lecture series, “Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School,” will take place virtually on Wednesday, May 26 at 5:30 pm. The Zoom event, which is free and open to the public, will feature three faculty members, one graduate student, and two staff members working in the Santa Barbara community giving no more than eight-minute talks each about their research or work that is shaping education and applied psychology. The event is held in partnership with the Santa Barbara Public Library.

Here is the Zoom link to attend the event. https://bit.ly/3hnXAuz

This evening will be the eighth in the successful series that began in February 2017. Videos of talks from the other evenings, which have drawn crowds of approximately 75 each, can be seen online (education.ucsb.edu/impact/local/fast-curious-ed-talks).

Presenters and titles for May 26:

Tarek Azzam, Associate Professor, Department of Education, “The Role of Evaluation in Program Improvement”

Lilly Garcia, Director of Outreach, Gevirtz School, “Inside Outreach”

Natalia Jaramillo, doctoral student, Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, “Growth after Trauma: Understanding the Experiences of Young Adults”

Amber Moran, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Education and Teacher Education Program, and GGSE alumna, “Preparing Teachers in Special Education During a Pandemic” 

Miriam Thompson, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology, “Mind Your Behavior: Demystifying Neuropsychological Assessment at the Mind and Behavior Assessment Clinic”

Chryss Yost, Harding University Partnership School Community Resource Center Coordinator and GGSE alumna, “Ripples and Brackets: Creating a School-Site Community Resource Center”