The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice



The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

Presents our

8th Annual Symposium

Justice for All?

Exploring Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation within Disability Law

Schedule of Events

Friday, October 10, 2003

1:00 P.M. Welcome

Dean William Hines, University of Iowa College of Law

1:10 P.M. History OF Symposium/Framing of the Symposium

Paul F. Kraus, Symposium Editor, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

1:25 P.M. Panel I: American Society: Examining the Correlation Between Disability and Poverty

❖ Johnette Hartnett, Public Policy Director, Law, Health Policy & Disability Center

“Providing Welfare Services for Families of Children with Disabilities”

❖ Peter Blanck, University of Iowa College of Law

“Asset Accumulation and Tax Policy for People with Disabilities”

❖ Louis Rulli, University of Pennsylvania Law School

“Revisiting Title I Outcomes in Filed Cases: Can Poor People with Disabilities Successfully

Overcome Obstacles and Enforce Their Employment Rights under the ADA?”

❖ Commentator: Professor Adrien Katherine Wing, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Johanna Reimer, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

3:00 P.M. Break: Afternoon Intermission

3:20 P.M. Panel II: The Intersection of Race and Disability from the Post Civil War

Period to Present

❖ Chen Song, Ph.D, Economist at Resolution Economics, LLC

“The Politics of Race and Disability: In Civil War Pensions for Union Army Veterans”

❖ Mark Weber, DePaul University College of Law

“The Development of American Immigration Policy in Relation to Evolving Attitudes Towards

Disability”

❖ Michele Goodwin, DePaul University College of Law

❖ Commentator: Professor Marcella David, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Stephanie Sharp, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

4:55 P.M. Closing Remarks

Jennifer Smith, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

6:00 P.M. Banquet and Reception, Iowa Memorial Union

6:15 P.M. Keynote Address

Peter Blanck, Charles M. and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law and Director of the Law, Health Policy & Disability Center at the Iowa College of Law; Professor of Psychology and Public Health at the University of Iowa

6:30 P.M. Dinner Served

Saturday, October 11, 2003

8:15 A.M. Breakfast and Networking, Boyd Law Lobby

9:00 A.M. Introduction to the Day

Jay Smith, Senior Articles Editor-Publication, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

9:05 A.M. Panel III: Fair Treatment? Disability and Gender Discrimination in the World of Education

❖ Lee Ann Basser, University of La Trobe (Australia) Law School

“Justice for All? The Challenge of Realizing the Right to Education for Children with Disabilities”

❖ Sharon Rush, University of Florida Law School

“Disabling Students in the Modern Classroom”

❖ William Myhill, Special Educator & Managing Editor, Iowa Law Review

“Culture, Language, & Disability in K-12 Education: Misplacement of Children in Special

Education Programs”

❖ Beth Ferri, Syracuse University School of Education

“Special Education and the Subverting of Brown”

❖ Commentator: William Buss, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Evangeline Wright, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

11:00 A.M. Break: Morning Intermission

11:15 A.M. Panel IV: Justice at the Ballot Box: The Right to Vote for the Disabled

❖ Michael Waterstone, University of Mississippi Law School

“International Trends in Voting Rights for the Disabled”

❖ Commentator: Ann Laquer Estin, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Josh Rife, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

12:00 P.M. Lunch and Networking, The Parthenon ($5), 4th Floor Student Lounge

1:30 P.M. Panel V: Disability Discrimination and the American Workplace

❖ Jill Gaulding, University of Iowa College of Law

“The ADA’s Identity Crisis”

❖ Ann Hubbard, University of North Carolina Law School

“The Major Life Activity of Caring”

❖ Samuel Marcosson, Brandeis Law School, University of Louisville

“Of Square Pegs and Round Holes: The Supreme Court’s Ongoing “Title VII-ization” of the

Americans with Disabilities Act”

❖ Anita Silvers, San Francisco State University Philosophy Department

“Recognition and Reversal! Protection or Privilege? Affirmative Action, Reasonable Accommodation and the Fair Distribution of Costs"

❖ Commentator: Len Sandler, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Erin Lyons, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

3:25 P.M. Break: Afternoon Intermission

3:50 P.M. Panel VI: Conversation about the Intersection of Sexual Orientation and Society with Ruth Colker

❖ Ruth Colker, Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law

“Homophobia, HIV Hysteria, and the Americans with Disabilities Act”

❖ Commentator: Lea VanderVelde, University of Iowa College of Law

Moderator: Laura Stockel, Staff Writer, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

4:45 P.M. Closing Remarks

Andy Hutchison, Managing Editor, Journal of Gender, Race & Justice

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