Widener Journal of Law, Economics & Race

Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Sports: Marie Hardin, “Sports, Minorities and the Media” panel

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 27, 2009  |  No Comments

Marie Hardin, Ph.D., associate professor and associate director at the Penn State John Curley Center for Sports discusses the case of Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter and double-amputee, and the IAAF’s declaration that Mr. Pistorius’ flex-step prosthetics gave him an unfair advantage in races. The IAAF announcement came shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Sports: Daniel Frankl, “Sports, Minorities and the Media” panel

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 27, 2009  |  No Comments

Read the text of Dr. Frankl’s remarks: diversitysymposium-sport-media-3-31-091.doc

Daniel Frankl, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology & Nutritional Science, California State University Los Angeles, speaks to the audience about inequalities among minority groups within sports.

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Professor Starla Williams, “The Future of Affirmative Action”

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 13, 2009  |  No Comments

On February 23, 2009, Professor Starla Williams, Legal Methods Professor of the Widener Law Harrisburg campus, appeared on Radio Smart Talk to discuss the future of affirmative action in the United States.

Read more and listen at witf.org.

Symposium: “Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future”

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 13, 2009  |  No Comments

Harrisburg — The Widener School of Law Harrisburg Campus will be the site for the Dean’s Leadership Forum on Diversity on Monday, March 16, 2009 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.

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Reconstruction in Progress

Posted by Jody Roselle on March 5, 2009  |  No Comments

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