Heidi Stevens
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Heidi Stevens is a Chicago-based writer and the Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, which works to provide parents, caregivers, and communities the knowledge and tools to optimize foundational brain development in all children. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, Stevens worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years, where she wrote a daily column called “Balancing Act.” She was awarded the Anne Keegan Award for Distinguished Journalism in 2018. Stevens maintains a nationally syndicated column once a week. She has served on the FAN board of directors since September 2021.
Speaker's Events
The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again
Board-certified OB/GYN, founder of The 'Pause Wellness, and #1 New York Times bestselling author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Dopamine Kids: A Science-Based Plan to Rewire Your Child’s Brain and Take Back Your Family in the Age of Screens and Ultraprocessed Foods
Bestselling author, biochemist, and award-winning NPR reporter
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Wiser Guy: Life-Changing Revelations and Revisions from Tech’s Chief Evangelist
Chief evangelist of Canva, host of the Remarkable People podcast, and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Fireproof: Memoir of a Chef
World-renowned Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You (Event #2 of 2)
Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I’d Known About Menopause
Academy Award-nominated actor and founder and chief creative officer of Stripes Beauty
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It)
Associate professor of political science and director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institute of Technology
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net
Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better
Co-founder of Radical Candor and author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Somehow: Thoughts on Love
New York Times bestselling author of 20 books
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Helping Our Boys Pursue Belonging and Purpose
Clinical psychologist and author of three parenting books
Principal at Leo High School
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World
Educator, consultant, and author of Growing Up in Public and Screenwise
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success (Event 1 of 2)
Speaker, educator, and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
On Grief: Love, Loss, Memory
Staff writer at The Atlantic and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer for Feature Writing
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Quitting: A Life Strategy
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, and playwright
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs
Co-host of NPR's "All Thing Considered"
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Gun Safety in Our Communities
Founder, Moms Demand Action
State Chapter Co-Leader for Moms Demand Action in Illinois and a Fellow with the Everytown Survivor Network
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
EVENT #2: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Clinical psychologist and author of "Good Inside"
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
EVENT #1: Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be
Clinical psychologist and author of "Good Inside"
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids
Speaker, educator, and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood
Award-winning journalist and author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Hunt, Gather, Parent: Raising Happy, Healthy, Little Humans
Bestselling author, biochemist, and award-winning NPR reporter
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life
Writer, essayist, and New York Times bestselling author
Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health