BIPOC Reflections on the SRCD Fellowship

Session Type: Conversation Roundtable

Abstract

This conversation roundtable will bring together SRCD policy fellowship alum who identify as BIPOC and pursued fellowship experiences in Congress and/or executive branch agencies in the federal or state government. The discussion will delve into how their placement work illuminated or addressed issues that face BIPOC communities and how historic changes may have influenced their fellowship experience. Alumni will also share their unique motivations for pursuing the fellowship, describe their fellowship experiences, reflect upon how the fellowship influenced their career interests and trajectories, and how these experiences influenced their development as BIPOC scholars. The session will end with a live Q&A period with the audience.

Sub Unit

• Special Events

Session Organizers

• Rose Ippolito, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

• Kelly Fisher, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Moderator

• Brenda Jones Harden, Columbia University

Panelists

• Mayra Parada, Montessori Public Policy Initiative

• Charlayne Hayling-Williams, Community Wellness Ventures

• Akilah Swinton Nelson, Institute of Education Sciences