The Gary B. Melton Visiting Professorship series:
The professorship series was created by the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Colorado and the Haruv Institute in Israel. The inaugural Gary B. Melton Visiting Professorship event took place over a 2 ½-day period from September 13 to 15, 2022 to provide collaborated discussions from industry experts, while honoring Dr. Melton. Guests throughout the week heard from multi-national experts who are leaders in the field of child maltreatment. The five public lectures were held in-person and virtually.
About Dr. Gary Melton:
Gary Melton’s passionate embrace of community – respect for human dignity for everyone and promotion of norms of inclusion and humane care in the settings of everyday life – was the foundation of his work for nearly 50 years. Dr. Melton was a faculty member in the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, and professor of pediatrics in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and professor of community and behavioral health in the Colorado School of Public Health. He was a visiting professor at the University of Virginia in the Curry School of Education and Human Development. He was editor in chief of International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice and senior editor of American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Click below to watch the record events:
September 13: Community & Behavioral Health Lecture and Introduction
- Topic: People shouldn’t have to ask!: Creating environments conducive to health and well-being | PALS: A New Way of Trauma Informed Care
- Speakers: Jill McLeigh, PhD and Don Hanna, MDIV
September 14: Levitt Distinguished Speaker Series
- Topic: Family Medicine Is Positioned Best to Address Child Maltreatment, If Only It Would!
- Speakers: Jill Korbin, PhD and Richard Krugman, MD
September 15 (early morning breakfast): Kempe Policy Makers Breakfast
- Topic: Roundtable discussion led by the two visiting Melton Professors alongside State Representatives
- Speakers: Dr. Dick Krugman, Dr. Jill Korbin, Rep. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. Rod Pelton
September 15 (afternoon): Haruv Lecture
- Topic: The Right to Life Without Violence: Reflections on Prevention of Child Abuse
- Speaker: Carmit Katz, PhD
September 15 (afternoon): Melton Lecture and Closing
- Topic: Lessons for Child Protection Moving Forward: How to Keep from Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
- Speakers: Jill Korbin, PhD and Richard Krugman, MD
Thank you to all those who attended the Gary B. Melton Visiting Professorship series:
