May 2007 panel of speakers

We are pleased to announce two nationally acclaimed keynote speakers this year:

Madeline Levine, Ph.D. is a psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience as a clinician, consultant and educator. Her current New York Times best-selling book, The Price of Privilege, published by HarperCollins, explores the reasons why teenagers from affluent families are experiencing epidemic rates of emotional problems.  Backed by cutting edge research, Dr. Levine proposes solutions that are both practical and credible.  Dr. Levine has taught Child Development classes to graduate students at the University of California Medical Center/ San Francisco. In addition, she is the author of two books on child development and the media: Viewing Violence and See No Evil.  Wendy Mogel, Ph.D., is a nationally known clinical psychologist and parent educator. Publisher's Weekly gave her New York Times best-selling parenting book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, a starred review saying, "Impassioned, lyrical and eminently practical, this volume is a real treasure."  Dr. Mogel completed an internship and post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of the Los Angeles Association of Independent School Counselors and serves on the boards of the Center for Early Education and the Counsel for Spiritual and Ethical Education. In October of 2006, The New York Times Sunday Magazine published a profile of Dr. Mogel emphasizing the impact of her work on diverse school communities around the country. In 2008, Scribner will publish her book about what parents can learn from teenagers, The Blessing of a B-. Panel speakers also include: Denise Pope, Ph.D., has been a lecturer at the Stanford University School of Education for the past 7 years, specializing in student engagement, curriculum studies, qualitative research methods, and service learning. She founded and directs the SOS: Stressed-Out Students project, a national research and intervention project for K-12 schools to counter the causes of academic stress and increase student health, engagement with learning, and integrity.  Her book, "Doing School": How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students (Yale University Press, 2001) was awarded Notable Book in Education by the American School Board Journal. Dr. Pope is a 3 time recipient of the Stanford University School of Education Outstanding Teacher and Mentor Award. Three students at different stages in their academic careers (a middle school student, high school student, and college student) to be announced soon.