When
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, May 25, 2016Location
Cubberley Auditorium, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA, United States
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About The Event
In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Emma Seppala about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.
Stanford Bookstore will have copies of her new book, The Happiness Track, available for purchase at the event. Book signing will also take place after the event.
About Emma Seppala
Emma Seppala, PhD, is author of The Happiness Track, science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, founder of the popular news site Fulfillment Daily, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today. She is a health psychologist who has conducted research on happiness, compassion, resilience and mind-body practices for trauma and well-being. She received her BA from Yale, her Master’s from Columbia and her PhD from Stanford University.
Registration
Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.
Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.
Parking
Cubberley Auditorium is located just off the Main Quad, in the School of Education, next to the clock tower at the intersection of Escondido Mall and Lasuen Mall. Parking is generally free on campus after 4pm; however, please read signs carefully to avoid citation. Park either on the main Oval, or the Memorial Lot just north of the Memorial Hall on Memorial Way, or South of the campus union at Mayfield Ave.
Disability-Related Accommodations and Services
Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval (the end of Palm Drive). Additional disabled parking is located at the end of Panama Mall, near the Nitery.
The main entrance to the Cubberley Auditorium is equipped with a power-operated door, is accessible via a pathway on the southwest corner of the building (across from the Clock Tower). Another accessible entrance is located on the southeast side of the building via a ramp. Once inside the main entrance, the elevator is located to the left and provides access to all floors (B, 1, 2, 3).
If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, May 20, 2016.
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