The Impact Forum 2024
Learn the impact of family history in and beyond the genealogy community. Join Robyn Fivush of Emory University and others, as they discuss the positive impacts of knowing your family stories.
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Dr. Robyn Fivush
Robyn Fivush is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University, where she has been on the faculty since 1984. She received her PhD from the Graduate Center of The City University of New York in 1983 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California at San Diego from 1983 to 1984. She is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Society (APS) and the American Psychological Association (APA).Her research focuses on the social construction of autobiographical memory and the relations among memory, narrative, identity, trauma, and coping. She has published over 150 articles and book chapters, co-edited 7 books, and authored 2 books, including her most recent book, “Family Narratives and the Development of an Autobiographical Self.” She also writes a blog for Psychology Today on The Stories of Our Lives.
Dr. Jody Koenig Kellas
Dr. Jody Koenig Kellas is Willa Cather Professor and department chair in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She teaches and conducts research on interpersonal, family, and health communication. The goal of her research program is to study the ways in which narratives and storytelling can be translated to help individuals and families understand, negotiate, and improve communication, coping, and individual, relational, and interactional well-being. She is the author of communicated narrative sense-making theory (Koenig Kellas, 2022, 2018) and founder of Narrative Nebraska, a research lab focused on investigating and applying the ways in which narratives and storytelling can improve the communication and lives of participants. The majority of her research focuses on family storytelling. Her recent work provides empirical evidence for the mental and relational health benefits of a theoretically grounded translational storytelling intervention called Narrative Parenting which helps parents make sense of and – in the process build community and connection with other parents around – the difficulties and joys of parenting. She has received many awards for her scholarship and teaching, including the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Outstanding Scholarship or Distinguished Service in Family Communication and the Kathleen Galvin Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from the National Communication and the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA). She earned her undergraduate degree in Communication at Northwestern University and her MA and PhD in Communication at the University of Washington.
林赛·富尔顿
林赛·富尔顿是全国知名的专业族谱学者和讲师，于2012年加入美国祖先组织。 她担任研究长，带领研究、图书馆和资料库团队，研究一千万个名字。 她曾在艾美奖获奖节目《寻根：幼苗》（Finding your Roots: The Seedlings）和另一部广受欢迎的 PBS 系列节目《萨曼莎-布朗的爱情之地》（Samantha Brown's Places to Love）中出镜。琳赛除了协助组织人员研究之外，还撰写了一本《便携式家谱学家》，主题是"宗族社会的应用”和“美国联邦人口普查（1790-1950 年）”，并且经常为 NEHGS 博客 Vita-Brevis 撰稿。
Jesse Brackenbury
Jesse Brackenbury joined The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation in May 2021. Prior to the Foundation, Jesse led the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston, where he helped realize the vision of The Greenway as the epicenter of downtown Boston.Jesse's experience also includes working for the Boston Consulting Group on strategy, real estate, and other projects, as well as leadership roles at the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation and the United Nations World Food Programme in Italy.Jesse serves on the Board of the City Parks Alliance, a national non-profit that advocates for urban green spaces. He holds an MBA from the University of California-Berkeley and a BA from Williams College.