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Addressing Issues of School-Aged Parenthood For 30 Years |
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Keynote Speakers Dr. Ronald Mincy
Dr. Guadalupe Quintanilla
Dr. Quintanilla's primary interest is in helping students
develop a love of learning. Her commitment to education has been heralded
in books about her life and through a career in education advocacy.
Recently, the DuPont Corporation honored her efforts in adult
education by naming part of their national training center in Wilmington,
Delaware, after her.
Andrew LevackAndrew Levack began his career in public health 13 years ago as a sexuality educator in the United States. Since then, Mr. Levack has lived in Thailand and South Africa and has worked in more than 15 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. His work addresses adolescent reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and reproductive health counseling. Mr. Levack holds a master’s degree in public health from the University of Washington and is the director of EngenderHealth’s Men As Partners® (MAP) Program. He is also the co-director of MenEngage, a global alliance of nongovernmental organizations working to engage men and boys in gender equality.
Dr. Myrna L. Armstrong (EdD, RN, FAAN)
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Ronald Mincy received his Bachelors degree from Harvard and earned
his Ph.D. from MIT. He is currently the Maurice V. Russell Professor
of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at Columbia University
and is a leading authority on the research of fragile families.
Professor Mincy has formerly served at the Ford Foundation in their
programmatic efforts and research targeting low-income fathers,
as well as holding positions at the U.S. Department of Labor and
the Urban Institute. He has been a contributor to the understanding
of fragile families and low-income fathers for over two decades
and is an author and contributor to numerous books and publications.
His most recent book is entitled Black Males Left Behind.
Dr. Guadalupe Quintanilla is the President of the Cross-Cultural
Communication Center of Houston and is Associate Professor in the Department
of Hispanic and Classical Language at the University of Houston. In
1984, Dr. Quintanilla became the first Hispanic U.S. Representative
to the United Nations and the first Hispanic to serve as an International
Correspondent for the United Nations and as co-chair of the National
Institute of Justice. She is an inductee into the National Hispanic
Hall of Fame and has been included in the State of Texas Outstanding
Women" traveling exhibition. 
Dr. Myrna L. Armstrong (EdD, RN, FAAN) is a professor
in the Health Sciences Center School of Nursing at Texas Tech University
in Lubbock, TX. She has been involved in a program of research with
patient education examining various elements of body art since 1990.
She is an authority on the emerging culture of tattoos and body piercing
and their corresponding health effects. Dr. Armstrong and her colleagues
have published numerous articles on all aspects of tattooing and body
piercing, including tattoo removal.