Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture Series

The Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture in Child Welfare is presented annually in recognition of former University of Michigan Dean and Vice President Fedele F. Fauri and his wife. Dean Fauri’s leadership and accomplishments in the field of child welfare spanned nearly fifty years. Much of the current social welfare legislation at both the state and federal levels is the product of Dean Fauri’s activities, first as Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, and then through his years in Washington, DC, where he held numerous leadership positions including, Senior Specialist in Social Security for the U.S. Senate, Social Security Advisor for both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, Social Security Advisor to President Kennedy, and Chair of the Advisory Council on Public Welfare for the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. His accomplishments in the field of child welfare and social work education brought national and international acclaim to Dean Fauri, the School of Social Work, and The University of Michigan. This Lecture Series is made possible by gifts from alumni, faculty, and friends, and is intended to serve as a forum for the discussion of ideas and proposals to further enhance the well-being of young people.

Lectures in this Series:

  • A Historically Based Thought Experiment: Meeting New Challenges for Children's Health and Well-Being in the 21st Century
    • Howard Markel, MD, PhD
  • Against Health? How Ideologies of Health and Healthcare Can Stand in the Way of Good Living
    • Joycelyn Elders, MD
  • Child Welfare in Michigan: What Do We Know, Where Do We Go? A Public Health Perspective on Child Welfare
    • Marianne Udow
  • Should the Government Approve Same-Sex Marriage?
    • Jonathan Rauch
  • Improving Outcomes for Children and Families: An Intersystemic Approach to Child Welfare Service Delivery
    • Ruth McRoy
  • America’s Children: The Homeless, Hungry and Poor
    • Jonathan Kozol
  • Assets, Poverty, and Children
    • Michael Sherraden
  • Child Health Policy and the Next American Presidency
    • Sara Rosenbaum
  • The State of Children in America: Are We Y2K Ready?
    • David Liederman
  • Beyond the Rhetoric to Enhanced Child Well Being
    • Ruth W. Massinga
  • Black Children: Coping in a Racist Society
    • Alvin F. Poussaint
  • Challenges To Children’s Well-Being In A Globalizing World: A Unicef Perspective
    • Joanne M. Csete
  • Children and the Courts: Salvation or Damnation
    • Rosemary Barkett
  • Children in Poverty and the Welfare Crisis: What Can Be Done?
    • Sander M. Levin
  • Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities
    • A. Sidney Johnson
  • The Future of Child Welfare: How Will Current Issues and Trends Affect the Decade Ahead?
    • Peter W. Forsythe
  • On Behalf of The Children
    • The Honorable Donna Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • Reframing the Practice Task in Child Welfare: Challenges and Opportunities
    • James K. Whittaker
  • The Struggle for a Coherent Child Welfare Policy
    • Winifred Bell
  • The Triumph of History and Politics Over Demography and Social Change
    • Sheila B. Kamerman
  • What is the Goal of Child Welfare Services: Permanency or Self-Sufficiency?
    • Richard P. Barth