Academic career
Blanck returned to academia in 1990 as an associate professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law,adding a second professorship in psychology there in 1994. In 2002,he was named the Charles M. and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law. [5]
In 2005,Blanck joined Syracuse University as the University Professor. [6] At Syracuse,he is the chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI),which reaches around the globe in its efforts to advance the civic,economic,and social participation of people with disabilities with offices in Syracuse New York,Washington,D.C.,Atlanta,Georgia,and Lexington,Kentucky. [1]
In 2010,Blanck was appointed as an honorary professor at the Centre for Disability Law &Policy at National University Ireland,Galway. [7]
In 2015,he won the Distinguished Service Award of NARRTC (formerly known as the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers),which is presented to "individuals who have made impressive contributions to the field of disability through research,teaching,service,or advocacy. The Distinguished Service Award is generally given for sustained contributions or an accumulation of life-time achievements. It is the highest recognition conferred by NARRTC." [8]
Works
Blanck has written over 200 articles and books about the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws. He has received scores of millions of dollars in grants to study disability law and policy from federal and state entities,and from non-profits and foundations. His recent books include:
- Disability Law and Policy (2024).(2nd ed) [9]
- Advanced Introduction to Disability Law (2023). [10]
- Disability Law and Policy (2020). [11]
- Supported Decision-Making:From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All (with Jonathan Martinis,2019). [12]
- Supported Decision-Making:Theory,Research,and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life (with Shogren,Wehmeyer,Martinis,2019). [13]
- Heavy Laden:Union Veterans,Psychological Illness,and Suicide (with Logue,2018). [14]
- e-Quality:The Struggle for Web Accessibility by People with Cognitive Disabilities (2014). [15]
- Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights (with Flynn,2017). [16]
- Genetic Discrimination–Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response (with Quinn &de Paor,2015). [17]
- People with Disabilities:Sidelined or Mainstreamed? (with Schur &Kruse,2013). [18]
- Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities:An Analysis of Federal Law (with Goldstein &Myhill,2013). [19]
- Disability Civil Rights Law and Policy (with Myhill,Siegal,&Waterstone,3d ed.,2013). [20]
- Race,Ethnicity,and Disability:Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America (with Logue,2010). [21]
Blanck served as an editor for the Cambridge University Press series Disability Law and Policy. [22] [23]
Blanck was chairman of the American Psychological Association,Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP) (2022-2023 ). He serves on the board of visitors for the Stanford Law School,at Stanford University. He has served on the National Science Foundation (NSF) Committee of Visitors (COV),for the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES).
Blanck is chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC), [24] and former president of Raising the Floor (RtF) USA. He is a former member of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities,a former senior fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program,a former fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School,and has been a Mary Switzer Scholar. [25]
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