Priscilla Gibson Powerpoint

              with Priscilla Gibson

    Introduced by Paula Haywood                        

Priscilla Gibson is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota.  Prior to attaining a doctoral degree, she had a long history in social work practice.  Her research interests have centered on culturally sensitive services to African American families, African American grandmothers as kinship care providers and families with children who have developmental delays.  Dr. Gibson's presentation explored the prevalence of kinship care, types of kinship care arrangements, service dilemmas and the lack of strong advocacy for kinship care.

Kennedy and Fitch Powerpoint

              with Sheela Kennedy                        and Catherine Fitch

Sheela Kennedy is a Research Associate at the Minnesota Population Center (MPC), where she works on the IPUMS-International census microdata project. Catherine A. Fitch is Associate Director of the Minnesota Population Center (MPC) and founding Co-Director of the Minnesota Research Data Center (MnRDC).  Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Fitch co-presented on their recent Current Population Survey research.  Their study explored the impact of the early stages of the economic recession on children; specifically looking to see if certain family structures have been disproportionately impacted.

 Dr. Fennelly's powerpoint

December 14th, 2009 -

"Unraveling the Education-Health Nexus in the Era of 'New Immigration'"

with Ross MacMillan

Dr. MacMillan is an associate professor in Sociology and also the Director of the Life Course Center at the University of Minnesota.  Dr. MacMillan gave a presentation on his upcoming study on the connection between educational attainment and health outcomes; particularly in regards to the impact on immigrant populations.  Dr. MacMillan was nominated as a CYFC scholar and will be working on this project in partnership with Dr. Naomi Duke and Dr. Michael Oakes.

Mr. Ayres and Ms. Thornquist's

Power Point

October 26th, 2009 -

“Successful Connections with the
University of Minnesota: Real-world Examples"

with Matthew Ayres and Lisa Thornquist

Ms. Thornquist, Program Analysis Supervisor for Hennepin County’s Office to End Homelessness and Human Services and Public Health and Mr. Ayres, Heading Home Hennepin Project Manager, spoke about their experiences engaging the University with County projects. Both Lisa and Matthew have collaborated with the University on multiple projects. They shared their advice on the best ways to connect with the University and the successes they've had working with students on evaluating Heading Home Hennepin, the County's 10 year plan to end homelessness.

More information about CYFC

May 15th , 2009 -

"Fitting Families into Outcomes & Results:  The Family Impact Checklist"

with Karen Cadigan and Sara Benning

Ms. Cadigan is currently the Policy Director at the University of Minnesota's Children, Youth and Family Consortium (CYFC), and Ms. Benning is the Special Projects Coordinator at CYFC. Ms. Cadigan and Ms. Benning spoke about the Family Impact Checklist, which is a nonpartisan consensus tool created by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) that provides practitioners, policymakers and policy implementers with criteria to help evaluate how policies and programs are sensitive to and supportive of families. It is designed to improve the ability to assess the intended and unintended consequences of policies and programs on families.

More information about Ms. Kilde

April 3rd , 2009 -

"Gods along the Mississippi:  Religious Diversity in Minneapolis, 1840-1930 "

with Jeanne Kilde

Ms. Kilde holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Minnesota and is the author of several books and articles including When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America. She is currently the Director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Minnesota, and has also held positions at Macalester College serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, and Co-director of Macalester's Lilly Project for Work, Ethics, and Vocation.

More Information about Mr. Hokanson

March 13th, 2009 -

"Creative Problem Solving & Applications for Local Government "

with Brad Hokanson

Mr. Hokanson is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota, where received his Ph.D. in Instructional Systems Technology. He helped initiate a new MFA program in Interactive Design and teaches primarily in the field of computer graphics and graphic design. His research focuses on the use of technology to aid cognition and he has taught courses in creative problem solving for seven years. During the brown bag, Mr. Hokanson talked about creative problem solving techniques and applications for local government.

Mr. Snyder and Ms. Moore's

Power Point

November 14, 2008 -

"The Minnesota Youth Community Learning (MYCL) Initiative"

with Paul Snyder and Pamela Moore

The MYCL Initiative partners Konopka Institute staff at the University of Minnesota and seven Minnesota community coalitions. The community coalitions are comprised of civic, education, business and nonprofit leaders all working together to support healthy youth development and build vibrant communities. Mr. Snyder and Ms. Moore spoke about the seven communities and their lessons learned from working in the community as a University initiative.

Mr. Mendoza's blog

Mr. Mendoza's Power Point

Handout on emerging

research themes

July 11, 2008 -

"Where in the world are Minnesota's Latinos?: An overview of challenges and trends"

with Louis Mendoza

Mr. Mendoza is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Chicano Studies, which makes him an expert on Latinos and the issues surrounding that population. However, his experience riding across the country on bicycle to study that population makes his expertise even richer. Mr. Mendoza spoke about this five month long adventure and the stories he encountered along the way-- stories about immigration, integration, migrant worker communities, legal issues, and much more.

June 11, 2008 -

"The Citizen Professional
and Citizen Health Care"

with Bill Doherty

Mr. Doherty spoke about his unique Citizen Professional Model and Citizen Health Care, which re-envisions professionals as citizens working alongside other citizens on projects jointly conceived and jointly carried out.

The central principles of the model are: a) that families must be engaged as co-producers of initiatives for themselves and their communities, not just as clients or consumers of services; and b) that professionals can play an important catalytic role in fostering citizen initiatives when they develop their public skills as citizen professionals in groups with flattened hierarchies.

UNP Newsletter

    Mr. Nelson's Power Point

March 26th, 2008 - "The University Northside Partnership and Northside Seed Grants"

with Craig Taylor and Kris Nelson

As the University Northside Partnership's director of the Office of Business & Community Economic Development, Mr. Taylor gave insight into the different stages of the UNP's plan on the Northside of Minneapolis. The Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center (UROC) will address the issues of children and families, child development, and economic development.

Mr. Nelson spoke about the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and its role on the Northside and with the Northside Seed Grant program.

Mr. Roholt's Power Point

Mr. Stein's Power Point

February 22, 2008 -

"Worlds of Youth Development: Community Engaged Practice"

with Ross VeLure Roholt and Jerry Stein

Mr. Roholt spoke about the youth development work he has done around the world and different ways society views young people. He also talked about the different "worlds" that youth live in and how that affects the services they are provided access to.

Mr. Stein talked about his research and work on the Learning Dreams project. Learning Dreams involves parents in their children's learning by assisting them in achieving their own desires to learn.

Ms. Kimball's Handouts 1 2

          Ms. McGill's Handouts 1 2

November 1, 2007 -

"What is research?"

with Lisa Kimball and Cynthia McGill

Ms. Kimball spoke about the basic elements of research, both quantitative and qualitative. She also covered what makes for good research and bad research, and the similarities and differences between research and evaluation.

Ms. McGill spoke about the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and how it works at the U of M. She covered how the IRB determines whether or not an activity is research and also talked about the use of human subjects.