Discrimination is the act of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups,classes,or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong,such as race,gender,age,or sexual orientation. Discrimination especially occurs when individuals or groups are unfairly treated in a way which is worse than other people are treated,on the basis of their actual or perceived membership in certain groups or social categories. It involves restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to members of another group.
Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University,a private research university near Palo Alto,California. Established in 1893,it has regularly ranked among the top three law schools in the United States by U.S. News &World Report since the magazine first published law school rankings in the 1980s,has ranked second for most of the past decade,and is currently tied for first with Yale Law School. In 2021,Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28%,the second-lowest of any law school in the country. Since 2019,Jennifer Martínez has served as its dean.
Robert J. Sternberg is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.
Bodymind is an approach to understand the relationship between the human body and mind where they are seen as a single integrated unit. It attempts to address the mind–body problem and resists the Western traditions of mind–body dualism. The term bodymind is also typically seen and encountered in disability studies,referring to the intricate and often inseparable relationship between the body and the mind,and how these two units might act as one. The field of psychosomatic medicine investigates the embodied manifestations of psychological processes.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a United States federal law,codified at 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq. The principal sponsor of the bill was Rep. John Brademas (D-IN-3). The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 replaces preexisting laws to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services,with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities,to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities,to establish special responsibilities in the Secretary of Health,Education,and Welfare for coordination of all programs with respect to individuals with disabilities within the Department of Health,Education,and Welfare,and for other purposes.
Seymour Bernard Sarason was Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Yale University,where he taught from 1945 to 1989. He is the author of over forty books and over sixty articles,and he is considered to be one of the most significant American researchers in education,educational psychology,and community psychology. One primary focus of his work was on education reform in the United States. In the 1950s he and George Mandler initiated the research on test anxiety. He founded the Yale Psycho-Educational Clinic in 1961 and was one of the principal leaders in the community psychology movement. In 1974,he proposed psychological sense of community,a central concept in community psychology. Since then,sense of community has become a well-known and commonly used term both in academic and non-academic settings.
The Burton Blatt Institute (BBI),established at Syracuse University in 2005,is an organization that aims to advance civic,economic,and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society. Peter Blanck,a University Professor at Syracuse University,is the chairman of BBI.
Tanya Marie Luhrmann is an American psychological anthropologist known for her studies of modern-day witches,charismatic Christians,and studies of how culture shapes psychotic,dissociative,and related experiences. She has also studied culture and morality,and the training of psychiatrists. She is Watkins University Professor in the Anthropology Department at Stanford University. Luhrmann was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.
Peter Salovey is an American social psychologist and current president of Yale University. He previously served as Yale's provost,dean of Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,and dean of Yale College. Salovey is one of the early pioneers in emotional intelligence.
Alexandra W. Logue is an academic and behavioral scientist. She is currently a Research Professor in CASE of the Graduate Center of The City University of New York She is also a member of the Graduate Center's Behavior Analysis Training Area in the Psychology Ph.D. Program. From 2008 to 2014,she was the Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost of CUNY,the CUNY system's Chief Academic Officer. She also served as provost and a professor at NYIT.
Community integration,while diversely defined,is a term encompassing the full participation of all people in community life. It has specifically referred to the integration of people with disabilities into US society from the local to the national level,and for decades was a defining agenda in countries such as Great Britain. Throughout recent decades,community integration programs have been increasingly effective in improving healthcare access for people with disabilities. They have been valued for providing a "voice for the voiceless"
Michael Lee Wehmeyer is the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor in Special Education in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas. His research focuses on self-determination and self-determined learning,the application of positive psychology and strengths-based approaches to disability,and the education of students with intellectual or developmental disabilities. He is Director and Senior Scientist at Kansas University's Beach Center on Disability. He formerly directed the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities.
Olivia Juliette Hooker was an American psychologist and professor. She was a survivor of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921,and the first African-American woman to enter the U.S. Coast Guard. During World War II,she became a member of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve,earning the rank of Yeoman Second Class during her service. She served in the Coast Guard until her unit was disbanded in mid-1946. Hooker then used her G.I. Bill to obtain her master's degree in psychological services and went on earn her PhD in clinical psychology. In 1973,she helped form the American Psychological Association's Division 33:IDD/ASD,which is dedicated to "advancing psychological research,professional education,and clinical services that increase quality of life in individuals with IDD/ASD across the life course."
Gerard Quinn is a professor of law at the University of Leeds and at the Wallenberg Institute in the University of Lund,Sweden. He was formerly professor of law at NUI Galway,Ireland,and Director of the university's Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the School of Law. He was appointed to the Council of State by the President of Ireland,Michael D. Higgins in 2012.
Craig Haney is an American social psychologist and a professor at the University of California,Santa Cruz,noted for his work on the study of capital punishment and the psychological impact of imprisonment and prison isolation since the 1970s. He was a researcher on The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Robert J. MacCoun is the James and Patricia Kowal Professor of Law at Stanford Law School.,a Professor by courtesy in Stanford's Psychology Department,and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute. Trained as a social psychologist,he has published numerous studies on psychoactive drug use and policy,individual and group decision-making,distributive and procedural justice,social influence processes,and bias in the use and interpretation of research evidence by scientists,journalists and citizens.
Arie Rimmerman is an Israeli academic in disability policy research. As of 2018,he is the Richard Crossman Professor of Social Welfare and Social Planning at the University of Haifa,Israel and was the founder Dean of the Social Welfare and Health Sciences faculty. He has been a distinguished Professor at the Newhouse School of Public Communication,Syracuse University,and has also lectured at Harvard University,University of Pennsylvania,and Charles University,Prague.
Nirbhay N. Singh is a psychologist who has been a professor at many universities and has served as editor-in-chief of several psychology journals,and founding editor of multiple journals that include Mindfulness. Singh received graduate education in New Zealand and has held academic posts in the United States.
Maria Verónica Reina was an Argentine educational psychologist and activist who campaigned internationally for disability rights. Representing the International Disability and Development Consortium,she was a leading contributor to negotiations on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Arlene S. Kanter is an American academic,lawyer and a Bond,Schoeneck &King Distinguished Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law. In 2005,she was named the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence by Syracuse University. She is the founder and director of the Disability Law and Policy Program and director of the Office of International Programs.
