Selected Presentations: For Full list see CV

ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

Faragó, F., Martin, C., Granger, K., Santos, C., & Miller, C. F. (2023, March 23-25). Teachers’ gender-role attitudes and gendered classroom practices. In F. Faragó (Chair), Gender gaps in STEM: Teacher practices and biases, other-gender peer relationships, and children’s stereotypes. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.

Faragó, F. (2022, December 1-3). Dress code policies in U.S. public schools: The politics of gender and race. Paper presented at a roundtable session held at the Research on Women and Education annual meeting, Houston, TX.

Faragó, F. (2022, June 23-26). Preparing early childhood teachers for the importance of seeing color in children: Bloom’s taxonomy as a guide. In M. Riojas-Cortez (Chair), Keeping up with the times: Diversity and inclusion in early childhood teacher preparation programs. Symposium conducted at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education annual meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA.

Faragó, F., & Escayg, K.-A. (2022, April 21-26). Nurturing joy and resilience in young BIPOC children: Practices and Dilemmas. In B. B. Swadener (Chair), Toward anti-racist practices and possibilities in early childhood contexts. Symposium conducted at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Faragó, F. (2021, October 6-7). Ugandan adolescents’ gender stereotype knowledge about jobs. Paper presented at the 7th International Annual Conference on Education and Lifelong Learning, Kenyatta University, virtual.

Savoy, S. & Farago, F. (2021, April). Gender identity, weight bias, and appearance stereotypes in young girls. In Nielson, M. G. & Brown, C. S. (Chairs), Processes, correlates, and effects of gender-related stereotypes as they relate to aspects of gender identity. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, virtual.

Farago, F. (2021, April). Ugandan adolescents’ attitudes toward, and shared activities with, same- and other-gender peers and friends. In Xiao, S. X. (Chair), Gender today: Advances in the gendered nature of children’s and adolescents’ peer relationships. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, virtual.

Farago, F. & Mize, L. (2019, November).  (Un)critical literacy in the classroom: Educators reading about race and gender. Paper presented at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education annual meeting, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Farago, F. & Mize, L. (2019, April). Gender and race in preschool book discussions. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Region 5 Texas National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) conference, Nacogdoches, TX.

Farago, F. & Savoy, S. (2019, March). Gender typicality, stereotypes, and body image in 6- to 11- year old girls. In Brown, C. S. & Holub, S. (Chairs), Gender norms, gender identity, and appearance concerns across development. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Farago, F. (Panelist) (2019, March). Critical consciousness in pre-adolescent children: Building theory and identifying priorities for scholarship. Participated (with A. Heberle, L. Rapa, & E. Hope) in a roundtable conversation conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Farago, F. (2017, October). White early childhood educators discussing race and gender: What’s there and what’s missing? Paper presented at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education annual meeting, Ryerson University, Toronto, CA.

Farago, F., Eggum-Wilkens, N. D., Zhang, L. (2017, June). Ugandan adolescents’ gender stereotypes and attitudes about women’s roles. In R. Grose (Chair), Gender, power, and justice in the Global South. Symposium conducted at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Farago, F. (2017, May). How, when, and why early childhood educators talk about race with young children? In M. Sapon-Shevin (Chair), “Yes, we do see color!”: Actively combating racism in early childhood education. Symposium conducted at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Farago, F. (2017, April). White preschool teachers discussing race and racism with children: What’s missing? In D. Johnson (Chair), The importance of ethnic-racial socialization in early childhood classrooms. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Austin, TX.

Farago, F. (2016, April). Anti-bias education in action in two preschool settings in the U.S. In B. B. Swadener (Chair), Anti-bias and inclusive early education policy, practice, and perspectives in cross-national contexts. Workshop conducted at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Washington DC.

Farago, F. (2016, April). Early childhood teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, and classroom practices surrounding race and gender. In B. B. Swadener (Chair), Confronting and countering racism, sexism, and discipline patterns in early childhood and elementary education contexts. Symposium conducted at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Washington DC.

Farago, F. (2016, March). Early childhood teachers’ beliefs about race and gender. Paper presented at the Critical Questions in Education annual meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Vittrup, B. & Farago, F. (2016, March). Talking about race and racism in the classroom. Paper presented at the Critical Questions in Education annual meeting, San Antonio, TX

Farago, F. (2014, November). Anti-bias curricula and prejudice interventions: Where do we go from here? Paper presented at the Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education annual meeting, Kent, OH.

COMMUNITY SETTINGS

Faragó, F. (2023, May 6). Race, racial identity, and racism in early childhood. Presented at The Center for the Healing of Racism, Houston, TX.

Faragó, F. (2021, November 6). A brick thrown through a window: Community activism in East Texas. Out of the Loop, Tyler, TX.

Farago, F. Fostering racially and ethnically diverse children.

  • Presented for SFA’s School of Social Work Professional Development Project

Farago, F. Gender equity: No rest for the Girl Child Network in Kenya.

  • Presented at the Timberland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Lufkin, TX.

  • Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Longview, Longview, TX.

  • Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tyler, Tyler, TX.

Farago, F. Free to be you and me: Freeing children of gender stereotypes.

  • Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Longview, Longview, TX.

  • Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tyler, Tyler, TX.

Farago, F. How we instill bias in children and what we can do about it?

  • Presented at the Texas Peace Summit at the University of Tyler, Tyler, TX.

Farago, F. Raising race-conscious children: Busting the myth of colorblindness.

  • Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Tyler, Tyler, TX.

Farago, F. Gender in the classroom.

  • Presented at a teacher professional development workshop at Congregation Beth Israel, Phoenix, AZ.