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Upcoming Conferences

Organization	Conference Dates	Conference Location	Deadline for Submissions	Conference Website
Society for Prevention Research	May 29-June 1, 2012	Washington, DC	October 26, 2011	http://www.preventionresearch.org/2012-annual-meeting/
APA (American Psychological Association)	August 2-5, 2012	Orlando, FL	TBD	http://www.apa.org/convention/index.aspx
ASA (American Sociological Association)	Aug 17-20, 2012	Denver, CO	Jan. 11, 2012 by 3:00pm EST	http://www.asanet.org/AM2012/index.cfm
SRCD (Society for Research in Child Development)	October 18 – 20, 2012 (Transitions to Adulthood)	Tampa, FL	April 5, 2012	http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=542&Itemid=677
AEA (American Evaluation Association)	October 22-27, 2012	Minneapolis, MN	March 16, 2012	http://www.eval.org/eval2012/default.asp
NCFR (Natl Council on Family Relations)	Oct 3-Nov 3, 2012	Phoenix, AZ	March 1, 2012	http://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-2012
NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children)	Nov 7-10, 2012	Atlanta, GA	TBD	http://www.naeyc.org/conference/
APPAM (Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management)	November 8-10, 2012	Baltimore, MD	TBD	http://www.appam.org/
NAWRS (National Association of Welfare Research and Statistics)	2012 TBD	2012 TBD	TBD	http://www.nawrs.org/
NASW (National Association of Social Workers)	State chapters host conferences annually			http://www.socialworkers.org/

Compendium of Policy-relevant Materials

This is a compendium of policy-relevant materials produced by members of the University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium since 2007. The list includes policy briefs, reports and evaluations, journal articles, and practical guides for policymakers or practitioners in fields related to child and family policy. Where possible, links to online copies of each resource have been included.

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Compendium of Syllabi

The courses included in this compendium of syllabi cover child and family policy and a wide range of related issues. The majority of syllabi featured here are those of Consortium member faculty. Also included are links to existing compendia of relevant syllabi.

We welcome recommendations for additions to this compendium (Please send to esmith@chapinhall.org).

The compendium is organized in two sections, as follows:
Syllabi (organized alphabetically by course title)
Links to existing compendia of syllabi

SYLLABI

COURSE	FACULTY	SCHOOL
Adolescent Development and the Transition to Adulthood	Ariel Kalil	University of Chicago
Advanced Seminar in Comparative Education	Gita Steiner-Khamsi	Columbia Teachers College
Child Development	Lindsay Chase-Lansdale	Northwestern University
Child Development and Public Policy	Lisa Berlin	Duke University
Child Policy	Molly Irwin	Case Western Reserve University
Children, Science and Politics	Deborah Phillips	Georgetown University
Child Welfare, Education and Juvenile Justice	Elizabeth Bartholet	Harvard University
Child Welfare Policy	Kathleen Fox	Harvard University
Child and Family Policy and Service Delivery	David Crampton	Case Western Reserve University
Children in Contemporary Society	Karen Appleyard	Duke University
Children and Public Policy	Ross Cheit	Brown University
Comparative Family Policy	Steven Wisensale	University of Connecticut
Counseling Children	Donna Henderson	Wake Forest University
Early Childhood Education, Childcare and School Readiness	Adam Winsler	George Mason University
Economics of Child and Family Policy	Robert Michael and Rebecca Ryan	University of Chicago
Ethics and Equity in Education	Robert Starratt	Boston College
Education Policy Analysis	John B. Williams	Georgetown University
Evaluating Educational Privatization and School Choice	Henry Levin	Columbia Teachers College
Evaluation for Managers	Andrew Hahn	Brandeis University
Evolving Families: Challenges to Public Policy	Sharon Sassler	Cornell University
The Family and Changing Society	Brian Ragsdale	Northwestern University
Family Law and Public Policy	Bethany Letiecq	University of Montana
Family, School and Society	M. Brinton Lykes	Boston College
Family Policy Analysis	Elaine Anderson	University of Maryland
Financial Management	Thomas McLaughlin	Brandeis University
Federal Education Policy	Sharon Kagan	Columbia Teachers College
Gender and Family Policy	Ira Ellman	Arizona State University
Gender and the Life Course	Deborah Putenney	Northwestern University
Global and Comparative Systems of Higher Education	Philip G. Altbach	Boston College
Infant and Child Development	Kim Carpenter	Rutgers
Leadership and Organizational Behavior	Jon Chilingerian	Brandeis University
Participatory Action Research	M. Brinton Lykes	Boston College
Policy Choice as Value Conflict	Anna Gassman-Pines	Duke University
Poverty and Family Policy	Heather Bachman	University of Pittsburgh
Psychology of Women	M. Brinton Lykes	Boston College
Quantitative Evaluation Methods	Anna Gassman-Pines	Duke University
Race and Public Policy	Sharon Sassler	Cornell University
Social Contexts of Education	Dennis Shirley	Boston College
Social Justice, Management and Policy	Sarita Bhalotra	Brandeis University
Social Welfare Policy	Sheldon Danziger	University of Michigan
Topics in Child and Family Policy: Policy and Research Frameworks	Matthew Stagner	University of Chicago
Work and Family Policy	Harriet Presser	University of Maryland
Working with children affected by violence	M. Brinton Lykes	Boston College
Understanding Learning Disabilities and Education	Daniel Scanlon	Boston College

LINKS TO EXISTING COMPENDIA OF SYLLABI