“American Dilemmas: Historical and Comparative
  Perspectives on Diversity, Health Disparities, and Issues
  of Substance Abuse”

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Life Sciences Building

University at Albany, Albany, NY

Sponsors:

The School of Social Welfare, the Institute for Social Services Research and Development and the School of Social Welfare Diversity Committee

 Co-Sponsors:

SUNY Affirmative Action Office, Center for Jewish Studies, the New York Latino Research and Resources Network, and the Departments of Africana Studies, English, History, Judaic Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and U. S. Latino Studies, Political Science, and Women’s Studies

The conference, “American Dilemmas: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on Diversity, Health Disparities, and Issues of Substance Abuse,” has two broad purposes.

First, purpose of the conference will be to encourage conversation across the disciplines within the university community.

Second, equally important purpose will be to engage in a specific conversation on issues related to the nation’s historically diverse and underserved populations.

Plenary Speaker: Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University -- will offer both theoretical and practical insights on the dilemmas many of us face in addressing and working with diverse population groups.

Opening Remarks: Peter Delany, Program Director for Health Services Research, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Conference presentations will cover a broad range of diversity issues, ranging from the politics of the disabled body to Poospatuck Indian needs assessment.

The preliminary conference agenda, panel listings, and online registration are available on this website. There is a minimal conference registration fee of $20, which includes lunch. Registration fees will be waived for students at their request, but you must pre-register and request such a waiver by indicating student status on the registration form. You can also register for the conference by contacting Dikla Madera, 518-442-5762; DMadera@uamail.albany.edu. For additional information, please contact Beth Elitzer, 518-591-8790; BElitzer@uamail.albany.edu.