Virtual Session 1
Dr. Fang Jin
Title: Build Covid-19 Knowledge Graph using Deep Learning
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, The George Washington University
Dr. Catherine Labrenz
Title: Tensions, Challenges, and Resistance Among Academic Mothers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Natalia Villanueva Rosales
Title: Fostering Social Connectedness in Older Adults through synergistic collaborations between Engineering, Social Sciences, and Community Engagement.
Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at El Paso
Virtual Session 2
Dr. Karen Fingerman
Title: Weaker Ties In the Social World and During COVID?
Affiliation: Director of the Texas Aging & Longevity Center, Director of Research UT Center on Aging & Population Sciences, and Professor of Human Development & Family Sciences at UT Austin
Dr. Saltanat Childress
Title: Maternal Stress and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a Mixed-Method Study
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington
Ms. Nora Hernandez
Title: Cultivating COVID-19 Resiliency among Food Production Workers
Affiliation: Proposal Development Team Manager, Office of Research and
Sponsored Projects, The University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Josiah Heyman
Title: Cultivating COVID-19 Resiliency among Food Production Workers
Affiliation: Professor of Anthropology, Endowed Professor of Border Trade Issues, and Director of UTEP’s Center for Inter-American and Border Studies
Ms. Anabel Canchola
Title: Cultivating COVID-19 Resiliency among Food Production Workers
Affiliation: Program and Contract Administrator at Doña Ana County, Health and Human Services Department in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Physical (In-Person) Conference
Ms. Genesis D. Gavino
Title: Resilience and Social Cohesion
Affiliation: Resilience Officer for the City of Dallas
Dr. Dean Kyne
Title: Social Connectedness, Physical Distancing and Anxiety in Complying with Shelter-in-Place Orders and Advisories during the Once-in-a-Century COVID-19 Pandemic in US
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty
Title: Healthcare Cyber-Physical System – Pandemic Era Perspectives
Affiliation: Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), University of North Texas
Dr. Ali Nejat
Title: A Humancentric Approach towards Household Post-disaster Recovery
Affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering (CECE), Texas Tech University
Dr. Ashley N Palmer
Title: Connection matters: COVID19 impacts on youth and young adult workforce development programs
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Rachel Voth Schrag
Title: Coronavirus Safety Project
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Sue Ann Sarpy
Title: Use of Social Safety Net Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing Emerging Needs of Vulnerable Populations
Affiliation: Principal and Founder of Sarpy and Associates, LLC.
Dr. Merril Silverstein
Title: Digital Solidarity Between Generations in Aging Families Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Affiliation: Inaugural holder of the Marjorie Cantor Chair in Aging Studies; Professor, Department of Sociology and the Department of Human Development and Family Science, Syracuse University
Dr. Daniel Sledge
Title: Compounding Crises: COVID-19, Winter Storm Uri, and Health Security in the US
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Political Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Bei Wu
Title: Aging, Immigration, and Oral Health
Affiliation: Dean’s Professor in Global Health and Director for Global Health and Aging Research at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing