Join us for a panel discussion featuring Liz Ogbu, Taylor’s Expert-in-residence, to explore this topic, share our experiences, and discuss hopeful directions to guide the use of design thinking to tackle wicked social problems. Design thinking offers a useful set of tools…
Join us for the first spring "Social Innovation Conversation” featuring Alessandra Bazzano and Marcella del Signore, two of our newer professors of social entrepreneurship. Dr. Bazzano is assistant professor in Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences (GCHB) and Prof. del Signore is…
Join us for the return of the Social Innovation Conversations, featuring a fun, stimulating conversation with Jeanne Firth and Máille Faughnan about their dissertation research. Máille Faughnan is a SISE Instructor and Research Fellow with the Taylor Center and a…
Join us for a Social Innovation Conversation featuring Ann Yoachim, director of the Small Center for Collaborative Design and Dr. Zaza Kabayadondo, learning scientist and Taylor Senior Fellow. Ann and Zaza will lead a lively discussion around similarities and differences…
Join us for a conversation with Anne LaFond of JSI on human-centered design in global health and to explore opportunities for research and practical experience. This event is hosted by Dr. Alessandra Bazzano, a Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and faculty…
Join us for another Social Innovation Conversation, featuring a fun, stimulating conversation with graduate students who received Catalyst Awards for their social innovation research. Speakers include Andy Melendez Salgado, Bethany Beachum, Shana Zucker. Light lunch provided. Register via Eventbrite to…
This Taylor Social Innovation Conversation showcases how community partner organizations create valuable knowledge for social innovation practice. Come learn from PlayBuild NOLA about their collaborations with the City and Tulane to promote grassroots action around child-friendly environments in New Orleans.…
Join the Taylor Center for its first Social Innovation Conversation (SIC) of the 2020-2021 academic year. This event kicks off Taylor's Social Innovation Conversation (SIC) series, a program from the Research and Scholarship team which is aimed at scholars, faculty, community partners, and anyone interested in the ways their research efforts connect with the pursuit of social innovation and changemaking.
Join the Taylor Center at this interactive discussion with two faculty members who became directors of nonprofit organizations. Dr. Mallory Monaco Caterine is a Professor of Practice in Classical Studies and a co-director and a founding member of Kallion, a non-profit organization whose mission is to design and develop communities around the study of humanities and unlock the human talent able to develop creative, benevolent, and lasting improvements to our common condition. Dr. Shannon Blady is a Professor of Practice at Tulane’s Teacher Preparation and Certification Program and the Executive Director of AfterCLASS, a non-profit whose mission is to provide professional, emotional, and social support to local educators and elevate the profession of teaching.
A Social Innovation Conversation featuring Tulane University Mellon Scholars Click here to read a recap of the event. Join us for a lively and intellectually rich discussion around the intersections between social innovation research and community-engaged scholarship through the work…