8:45-11:15 Foundations and Variations of Social Justice: Theory, Morality, and Human Rights
Justice as Fairness and Higher Education
David Reidy, Department of Philosophy, UTK
The Promise of International Law in Developing a Global Foundation for Social Justice
Robert Blitt, College of Law, UTK
Theorizing Social Justice in a Time Fraught with Contradictions
Harry Dahms, Department of Sociology, UTK
11:30-12:30 Keynote Address, Co-Constructing Democratic Knowledge for Social Justice: Lessons from an International Research Collaborative, John Gaventa, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK
1:45-3:30 Social Justice and Globalization
Indigenous Peoples and the Capitalist World System: Researching, Knowing, and Promoting Social Justice
Asafa Jalata, Department of Sociology and Africana Studies Program, UTK
From Domination to “Buen Vivir”: Latin America and Contested Globalizations
Michael Handelsman, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, UTK
The Crisis of Global Capitalism and the Struggle for Social Justice
William Robinson, Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
3:45-5:45 Economic Crises and the Future of Public Higher Education
Stratification, Segmentation and Fragmentation in American Universities
Sheila Slaughter, Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia
The End of Philosophy of Education?
Barbara Thayer-Bacon, Dept. of Educational Psychology and Counseling, UTK
University Social Engagement as a Space for Resistance and Revitalization
Felix Bivens, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
7:00 Keynote Address, Envisioning Real Utopias, Eric Olin Wright, Dept. of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Saturday, April 30
9:00-11:00 Teaching (for) Social Justice
Teaching Spaces: A Critical Reflection on Using Spatial Exploration Exercises as Teaching Tools
Maria Stehle, Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, UTK
Social Justice in the Classroom: Challenges, Techniques, and Goals in Teaching Social Justice
Ben Feldmeyer, Department of Sociology, Bill Taylor, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology, Katie Morris, Ph.D. student, Department of Sociology
1:00-3:00 Action and Activism
Labor Unions and Higher Education: Institutions of Social Justice
Tom Anderson, United Campus Workers-Communications Workers of America
The Role of Students in Promoting Social Change on Campus and in the Community
Reagan Richmond, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Universities and Activism for Social Justice: What’s Power Got to Do with It?
Fran Ansley, Professor Emeritus, College of Law, UTK
Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice
John Nolt, Department of Philosophy, UTK
3:15-5:15 Universities and Communities: Addressing Constituencies
Social Justice Manifest: University-Community Outreach Research to Reduce Homelessness
David Patterson, College of Social Work and Knoxville Homeless Management Information System (KnoxHMIS) and Stacia West, KnoxHMIS Data Analyst
What is “Community Engagement,” and What’s it Doing in My (Top 25) Coffee?
Elizabeth Burman, UTK Campus Coordinator for Outreach and Engagement
Can Universities Work in the Community with Integrity?
Denise Bates, Department of Public Health and Center for the Study of Youth and Political Violence, UTK
The Role of Law School Clinics in University Social Justice Work
Benjamin Barton, Director Clinical Programs, College of Law, UTK
6:45 Keynote Address, Is a New Popular Movement for Social Justice Emerging in the United States?, Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center
The Social Justice and Universities Conference is cosponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Research, Ready for the World, Hodges Library, the School of Information Sciences, the College of Law, Global Studies, Political Science, Africana Studies Program, Chancellors Honors Program, and the Departments of English, Anthropology, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, and Geography.
Additional information is available at http://web.utk.edu/~utsocdep/sjuconf/about.html
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