Dean of Wayne State University Law School Frank H. Wu will discuss "Dream of a Diverse Democracy: Affirmative Action and Higher Education," on Monday, November 26, at 5:30 pm, in the Villard Room of the College Center. The event, part of the Common Ground Affirmative Action Lecture Series at Vassar College, is free and open to the public.
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Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, professor of sociology at Duke University, will address the standing of people of color in color-blind America. While he will frame the discussion based on the articulation of the notion of the "citizen" derived from the humanistic discourses of the Enlightenment and will survey some pertinent elements in the history of the United States, his focus will be on contemporary matters. Specifically, he will use material from his book Racism without Racists to highlight minorities' lesser standing in whites' minds. Secondly, he will use "odd" examples on matters that we hear about every day in the news to underscore his claim about minorities having a lesser standing in this nation-state. He will conclude with some suggestions about what racial progressives may want to do to make sure that the citizenship experience of people of color in 21st century America does not remain second-class.
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The performance of Emergence-SEE! is sponsored The Dean of Faculty office as part of the Faculty Diversity Initiative, the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, the Department of Drama, and the Experimental Theater of Vassar College.
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Leslie Annexstein, J.D., Director of the American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund, John W. Curtis, Ph.D., Director of Research at the American Association of University Professors, and Gloria Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Project Director for the "Creating Options Project: Faculty Tenure" at the American Council on Education/Office of Women in Higher Education will explore pressing issues facing higher education with respect to gender equity, sex discrimination and harassment, under-representation, and the marginalization. The panelists will report on the current state of gender equity in the academy, and share promising efforts and programs that are designed to increase representation of women across academic disciplines and improve institutional climate for women. This lecture is part of the Gender Equity Lecture Series sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and the departments of Sociology and Women’s Studies. Faculty and undergraduate students from all disciplines, education administrators, high school teachers, parents, and secondary students are encouraged to attend this engaging conversation. This lecture is free and open to the public.
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Title IX, the federal statute that governs the equity of treatment and opportunity for women transformed women’s athletics, and thirty-three years after its passage, the controversy and concern over Title IX hasn’t waned. Proponents hail it as a groundbreaking law that opened the world of sports to women, while opponents charge that it unfairly denies athletic opportunities to men. Leslie Annexstein, J.D., Director of the American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund and Neena Chaudhry, J.D., Senior Counsel for the National Women's Law Center, and Christine H. B. Grant, Associate Professor Sports Administration and former Women’s Athletic Director at the University of Iowa will examine the future of women's involvement in sports and review the strides that have been made since the passage of Title IX, the consequences on equality, the measurable effects on male sports teams, and the challenges that lie ahead. This lecture is part of the Gender Equity Lecture Series sponsored by the Athletic department, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and the departments of Sociology and Women’s Studies. This lecture is free and open to the public. Student athletes of all ages, coaches, parents, faculty and college and educational administrators are encouraged to attend.
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