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CPS Lecture #167: maturity work & maturity at work: the double-edged nature of psychological maturity in organizations
Saturday, January 31 at 6:30 PM - Sign Up Here!
Haight Ashbury District, San Francisco
How do stereotypes shape who thrives at work versus those who feel like they don’t belong? In this CPS lecture, Emily Ye will share her research on how age, gender, and expectations of maturity influence careers and individuals in organizations.
Emily Ye is a Ph.D. Candidate in Organizational Behavior at New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business. She has published work with her faculty collaborators, Professors Lisa Leslie and Michael North, in Current Opinion in Psychology and the third edition of the Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination.
Her research includes:
Occupational age stereotypes: Why older workers in younger-typed jobs and younger workers in older-typed jobs face higher risks of workplace age discrimination.
Age and gender intersectional stereotypes: How assumptions about younger women, middle-aged men, and older leaders diverge, and how these stereotypes shape promotions and social judgments.
The psychological costs of communal stereotypes: Why women often feel pressured to ingratiate themselves at work, and how this pressure fuels burnout and turnover.
Diversity initiatives in organizations: What research says about when they help, when they backfire, and how to design them for real impact.
Maturity work: Early research on how employees strategically try to appear more mature to be taken seriously, and why this can simultaneously boost confidence yet undermine authenticity.
Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Amherst College and worked as an Analyst for dQ&A, the diabetes market research company.
CPS Lecture #168: jessica lahey on the addiction inoculation
POSTPONED (stay tuned for new date)
Haight Ashbury District, San Francisco
Jessica Lahey was born into a family with a long history of alcoholism and drug abuse. Despite her desire to thwart her genetic legacy, she became an alcoholic and didn’t find her way out until her early forties. Jessica has worked as a teacher in substance abuse programs for teens, and was determined to inoculate her two adolescent sons against their most dangerous inheritance. All children, regardless of their genetics, are at some risk for substance abuse. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, teen drug addiction is the nation’s largest preventable and costly health problem. Despite the existence of proven preventive strategies, nine out of ten adults with substance use disorder report they began drinking and taking drugs before age eighteen.
The Addiction Inoculation is a comprehensive resource parents and educators can use to prevent substance abuse in children. Based on research in child welfare, psychology, substance abuse, and developmental neuroscience, this essential guide provides evidence-based strategies and practical tools adults need to understand, support, and educate resilient, addiction-resistant children. The guidelines are age-appropriate and actionable—from navigating a child’s risk for addiction, to interpreting signs of early abuse, to advice for broaching difficult conversations with children.
“Hard and tremendously important conversations are at the core of The Addiction Inoculation. But thanks to Jessica Lahey’s wit, compassion, and beautiful writing, reading it feels like having those conversations with your most entertaining friend who also happens to be an expert in substance abuse research, education, and child development.”
— David Epstein, bestselling Author of The Sports Gene and Range
About
CPS Lectures is a free discussion series that takes place every few months in San Francisco. It is a program of the nonprofit The diaTribe Foundation. The series honors the memory of Cyril Patrick Shaughnessy, Jr., Kelly's father, who died in late 2002 and loved discussions and learning.
RSVP required for this free event. You will be given a chance to donate to our nonprofit, The diaTribe Foundation, when you register - this is completely optional. Thank you to all those who have given to date, which has been very generous and has helped enormously to offset the cost of drinks and food, occasional air tickets to speakers, and low-key management of the event.
If you RSVP yes and have to cancel, please do so within 24 hours of our event.