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FAN is a 501(c)(3) organization that curates a speaker series on topics related to human development

09/03/2025

September 18th at 7pm on Zoom – Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours with Corinne Low, Ph.D. and Jess Calarco, Ph.D. –

In Having It All, Dr. Corinne Low unpacks the hidden factors that influence women’s decision-making, and how the unintended consequences of these choices alter the course of our lives. From when and whether to get married and (or) have children to what type of career to pursue, whether to obtain an advanced degree to where to live―Dr. Low explores these questions.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817566681973/WN_wfvsmq5rRVO7gHgu_j4EmA

09/02/2025

September 17th at 7pm CT on Zoom – After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People with Michael Geruso, Ph.D. and Katy Milkman, Ph.D. –

Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a wakeup call, explaining why global depopulation is coming, why it matters, and what to do now.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9017565715769/WN_F93ap0TOR1mCcF_CuZv7Mw

08/28/2025

September 3rd at 7pm CT on Zoom – Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You with Jeff Selingo and Frank Bruni –

Getting into prestigious schools has become a kind of lottery. “Plan A” may work out, but increasingly it isn’t. In Dream School, Selingo urges families to ditch the “Top 25 or bust” mindset and look beyond the usual suspects. Hidden-gem schools with incredible value and rich opportunities are waiting to be discovered.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4017554538929/WN_yhpXpi2TTryaEjD4KM1rnA

06/29/2025

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05/12/2025

May 22nd at 12pm CT on Zoom – Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism with Eve L. Ewing, Ed.D. and Ta-Nehisi Coates –

In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to “civilize” Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for
eight hours a day.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9517467434647/WN_e7f4DuO-Qj2y5Rln5iTlBg

05/08/2025

May 21st at 7pm CT on Zoom – How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever’s Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things with Author Kate Williams and Jennifer Mathieu

An unflinchingly honest and sometimes hilarious look at hustle culture, exploring the forces that have shaped a generation of overachieving women who now find themselves in search of a better way forward. Deeply felt, passionately argued, and often laugh-out-loud funny, How to Stop Trying is a book for every woman who has ever wondered what would happen if she stopped trying so hard―and just let go.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4117467203484/WN_pnJqICsDS9OO-9Ux4A7CzA

05/05/2025

May 14th at 7pm – Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence with Jens Ludwig, Ph.D. and Christian Mitchell –

Drawing on decades of research and Ludwig’s immersive fieldwork in Chicago, Unforgiving Places is a breakthrough work at the cutting edge of behavioral economics. As Ludwig shows, progress on gun violence doesn’t require America to solve every other social problem first; it only requires that we find ways to intervene in the places and the ten-minute windows where human behaviors predictably go haywire.

This event will take place at Evanston Township High School Auditorium, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201. No registration required.

05/02/2025

May 13th at 7pm CT on Zoom – The Family Dynamic: A Journey into the Mystery of Sibling Success with Susan Dominus and Lisa Damour, Ph.D. –

What explains those rare families that boast multiple children who achieve extraordinary success? The Family Dynamic is a story weaved with science to explore the circumstances that set those families apart. Elegantly written and extensively researched, it is more than a checklist of how-to’s. It’s a deep and moving exploration of the complexity of family life and the rewards—and burdens—of ambition.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6317461299291/WN_Pi6Q2C_eQT6oE8oLbC-qtA

05/01/2025

May 12th at 7pm CT on Zoom – The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want with Emily Bender, Ph.D. and Alex Hanna, Ph.D. –

The AI Con is a smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls of technology sold under this banner, and why it’s crucial to recognize the many ways in which AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors at work and in the world. Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017460131371/WN_sX-i6jBNQiKy2MHBvAzTUA

04/28/2025

May 6th at 12 pm CT on Zoom – GRAND ROUNDS: Shift: Managing Your Emotions -- So They Don't Manage You with Ethan Kross, Ph.D. and David Schreiber, MD –

How do we make our emotions work for us rather than against us? Acclaimed psychologist Prof. Ethan Kross has devoted his scientific career to answering this question. In Shift, he dispels common myths—for instance, that avoidance is always toxic or that we should always strive to live in the moment—and provides a new framework for shifting our emotions so they don’t take over our lives.

Register here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EyNHvn32y/

04/26/2025

May 5th at 7pm CT on Zoom – Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities with Nilanjana Dasgupta and Jerry Kang –

How can ordinary people fight for social justice? Can individual actions change structural inequality? Change the Wallpaper offers a science-driven approach to achieving social change, arguing that small changes to the “wallpaper”—the local cultures around us—are far more effective in producing structural change locally than seeking change through bias awareness training, symbolic acts, or relying solely on good intentions.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3017456192000/WN_WPw_89N1QD2IUktLXRXL1Q

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