ISCORE Keynote Address on Race and Ethnicity - Frank H. Wu
| Date/Time: | Friday, 03 Mar 2006 at 12:00 pm |
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| Location: | Sun Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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Dean Wu serves as a Trustee of Gallaudet University, the only
university in the nation serving primarily deaf and hard of hearing.
He has taught at Deep Springs College, a highly-selective fullscholarship all-male school enrolling twenty-six on a student-run
cattle ranch near Death Valley. He served briefly by appointment of
the D.C. Court of Appeals on its Board of Professional Responsibility,
which adjudicates attorney discipline matters, as well as two terms
on Board hearing committees. He was appointed by Mayor Anthony
Williams as Chair of the D.C. Human Rights Commission for 2001-
02. He joined the Board of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Education Fund in 2004. He is an elected member of the American
Law Institute, and a member of the Committee of 100, a civic group
founded by Yo-Yo Ma, I.M. Pei, among others, to promote Asian
American political participation, as well as a fellow of the American
Bar Foundation. He is the Wayne State University faculty
representative to the NCAA and a member of the Wayne State
University Press Editorial Board.
He was named among the top twenty scholars in the nation by Black
Issues in Higher Education in its twentieth anniversary issue, to
Crain's magazine's list of "40 under 40" and the National Asian
Pacific American Bar Association's Best Lawyers Under 40.
His media appearances have included the Oprah Winfrey show,
Now with Bill Moyers, Lehrer Newshour, O'Reilly Factor, Book Notes
with Brian Lamb, Talk Back Live on CNN, NPR, Voice of America,
and Fox Movie Channel. He has hosted episodes of the "Asian
America" PBS-syndicated television show.
Prior to his academic career, Dean Wu held a clerkship with the late
U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti in Cleveland. He then joined the
law firm of Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, concentrating on
complex litigation and devoting a quarter of his time to the
representation of indigent individuals. He received a B.A. from the
Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.
He is married to Carol L. Izumi. They reside in the Lafayette Park
neighborhood of downtown Detroit, Michigan, and in Washington,
D.C.
Dr. Wu currently serves as Dean and Professor of Law at Wayne State
University Law School. He is the author of the book "Yellow: Race in
America Beyond Black and White" and co-author of "Race, Rights and
Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment."
Conference schedule:
ISCORE Conference
8:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon Registration
8:00-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:50 a.m. Welcome and Opening Program
Guest Speaker-President Gregory L. Geoffroy
"The Faces of NCORE"-Iowa State NCORE participants
Opening Address-Brenda Jones, Associate Professor, Art and Design
10:00-10:50 am Concurrent Sessions
A Report from the Campus Climate Implementation Committee
Bridging the gap between Africans and African Americans on Campus
The Essence of Special Education for Black Males
The Establishment of the Multicultural greek Council at Iowa State
University
Identify This . . . A Readers' Theater of Women's Voices
The Iowa State Center for American Intercultural Studies
Talking Conservatively about Diversity
11:00-11:50 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
An Examination of Privilege through the South Park Lens
Asian American Representation: Under, Over, and In Between
Do You Know Your Fellow Latino/a?
European American griots: Do They Have the Right?
Mosaics of Expression: Diversity of the Arts in Higher Education
Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse and Excellent Faculty
The nCORE/ISCORE Alumni group: A Continuation of Your Journey
12:00 Noon-2:00 p.m. Keynote Address-Frank Wu, Dean, Wayne
State University Law School
2:10-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Being Multiracial and All That It Entails: A Look at the Past, Present,
and Future
CRASH into Reality: An Intersection of Race, Adaptation, and Achievement
Discrimination within the Latino Community
Fresh off the Boat?!
Native Americans: Past and Present Political Leaders
Overcoming Privilege
Unraveling the Indian Identity
3:10-4:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
The Ethnically Homeless
The Ronald E. Mcnair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program: One Star in
the TRIO Crown
Race and Ethnicity in Queer Studies
YOU'RE HIRED! Preparing for a Career in the Multicultural Workplace
The Role of College Diversity Committees at Iowa State
4:00-5:00 p.m. Closing Reception