Announcing the International Disability and Diversity
Studies Institute, February 28 - March 2, 2002, at the University
of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is a unique professional
development opportunity designed for graduate students,
university faculty, and professionals in the public and private
sectors. It is sponsored by: Pacific Partnerships in Disability
and Diversity Studies, Norma Jean Stodden, Director; the National
Technical Assistance Center for Asian American & Pacific
Islanders with Disabilities, Weol Soon Kim-Rupnow, Director; and
the National Center for the Study of Post-Secondary Educational
Supports, Teresa Whelley, Research Coordinator - all three at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Institute is being offered
under the auspices of the University's Center on Disability
Studies.
During the last twenty years disability studies emerged as a
field that examines the experience of disability and the lives of
people with disabilities. The Institute will provide an in-depth
and scholarly focus to issues in the field of disability studies
with an emphasis on implications across race, culture, and
ethnicity. The focus of the Institute will be upon the latest
research findings and expert perspectives that offer deeper
insights and knowledge for graduate students, faculty from
different disciplines, and professionals working with persons
with disabilities.
Invited speakers/scholars are: Disability Research - David
Pfeiffer, Ph.D. and Richard Scotch, Ph.D.; Disability Culture -
Steve Brown, Ph.D. and Megan Jones, Ph.D.; Disability Policy -
Pat Morrissey, Ph.D. and Kay Schriner, Ph.D.; Employment - David
Mank, Ph.D. and Gopal Pati, Ph.D.; Rehabilitation Services and
Quality Employment for Asian American & Pacific Islanders with
Disabilities - Trevor Parmenter, Ph.D. and Daniel Wong, Ph.D.;
Synthesis and Reflection on Institute Topics - Ron Amundson,
Ph.D., Pfeiffer, & Wong. Other internationally known advocates
and scholars are invited.
Institute fee schedule: postmarked or received by February
15, 2002, $125; postmarked or received after February 15, $175.
The registration fee includes a continental breakfast and lunch
on each day. Checks and purchase orders only accepted for
payment. Make checks and PO's payable to account RCUH 1324 and
mail to: Juana Tabali Weir, Center on Disability Studies,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1776 University Avenue, UA 4-6,
Honolulu, HI 96822 or Fax 808.956.5713. For more information
regarding application for the International Disability and
Diversity Institute contact Juana Tabali Weir, Center on
Disability Studies at 808.956.3975 or email [log in to unmask] or
fax 808.956.5713.
Main Speakers:
David Pfeiffer, Ph.D. is resident scholar in the Center on
Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and is
also associated with the Department of Pediatrics (John A. Burns
School of Medicine). Dr. Pfeiffer is well published in the field
of disability studies and other policy areas. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He is past president of
the Society for Disability Studies and is presently editor of
Disability Studies Quarterly.
Steve Brown, Ph.D. is the co-founder, along with Lillian
Gonzalez, of the Institute on Disability Culture in Las Cruces,
New Mexico. His Ph.D. is in history from the University of
Oklahoma. He is a recognized scholar in disability studies
specializing in disability culture and independent living. He is
an accomplished advocate and consultant to organizations composed
of people with disabilities.
Megan Jones, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of
the Post-School Outcomes Network of the National Center on
Secondary Education and Transition, Center on Disability Studies
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She received her Ph.D. in
Special Education at the University of California Berkeley.
Patricia Morrissey, Ph.D. is the Commissioner of the
Administration on Developmental Disabilities. She holds a Ph.D.
in special education from Pennsylvania State University. During
her 26 years in the Washington area she worked for the Senate,
the House of Representative and for President Ronald Reagan. More
recently, she was a contributor to President George W. Bush's New
Freedom Initiative.
Daniel Wong, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in
Rehabilitation Counselor Education at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa. He received his Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counseling at the
University of Northern Colorado.
Richard Scotch, Ph.D. is a Professor of Sociology and
Political Economy in the School of Social Sciences at the
University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of From Good Will
to Civil Rights: Transforming Federal Disability Policy, a study
of Section 504, the first federal civil rights law protecting
people with disabilities, and Disability Protests: Contentious
Politics 1970-1999, with Sharon Barnartt.
Kay Schriner, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of Social Work,
University of Arkansas. Dr. Schriner was the founding editor of
the Journal of Disability Policy Studies. She was a Presidential
appointee to the President's Committee on Employment of People
with Disabilities and held a Switzer Fellowship from the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. She is well
published in the field of Disability Studies.
Ron Amundson, Ph.D. is Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Hawaii at Hilo. Much of his scholarly research is
in the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology. More
recently, his interest in social justice and disability has
turned his attention towards ideological interpretations of
biology such as those that produced eugenics and that continue to
impact people with disabilities. His paper "Against Normal
Function" challenges the views on biological normality that
prevail among biomedical ethicists. He is presently broadening
this research into other areas of Disability Studies.
Gopal Pati, Ph.D. was Professor of Management at Indiana
University Northwest and an international consultant in
supervisory training, management development, and organization
development to numerous industrial and service organizations. He
is well published in the field of business with an additional
focus on employment and disabilities. He received his Ph.D. from
Illinois Institute of Technology.
David Mank, Ph.D. is the Director of the Indiana University
Center for Excellence on Disability. His Ph.D. is in special
education and rehabilitation from the University of Oregon,
Eugene. A prolific writer and researcher, Dr. Mank has an
extensive background in education and employment for persons with
disabilities.
Trevor Parmenter, Ph.D., FACE, FAAMR, FIASSID holds the
joint appointment of Foundation Professor of Developmental
Disability on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney
and Director of the Centre for Developmental Disability Studies
(CDDS). He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New
England and a Ph.D. from Macquarie University.
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David Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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I gave up cynicism when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel
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