The Inaugural Year of Nancy Cantor: Inauguration Symposium

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Inauguration Ceremony
Inaugural Address
Inauguration Symposium
Symposium Participants
Inauguration Art Exhibitions

Hubert Brown Hubert (Hub) Brown is an associate professor of broadcast journalism and chair of the Communications Department at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Brown has an extensive background in reporting, producing and anchoring for commercial local news and in public television. His experience ranges from political and state government reporting to producing public affairs documentaries.

Brown's research and professional production activities cover the influence of advertising on broadcast news content, and the threats to independent and minority broadcasters posed by media consolidation. He teaches courses on reporting, production and mass media ethics.

Lawrence Bobo Lawrence D. Bobo is the Norman Tishman and Charles M. Diker Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He has served as acting chair of Harvard University's African and African American Studies Department and as acting director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute.

Bobo's research interests include racial attitudes and relations, social psychology, public opinion and political behavior. He has received major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. His research has appeared in the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, the American Political Science Review, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Linda Carty

Linda Carty is an associate professor and chair of the African American Studies Department in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her teaching and research focus on gender discourses in African Diaspora studies; migration and diasporic identities; black women's labor in the Americas; transnational feminisms; and neocolonialism and Caribbean studies.

Carty wrote "Not a Nanny: A Gendered, Transnational Analysis of Caribbean Domestic Workers in New York City" in "Decolonizing the Academy: Diaspora Theory and African New-World Studies." She has also written many articles, book chapters and book reviews on feminist and racial justice issues.

Patricia Gurin Patricia Y. Gurin

Patricia Gurin is the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is a faculty associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research and at the Center for African and Afro-American Studies.

In her work, Gurin, a social psychologist, has focused on social identity, the role of social identity in political attitudes and behavior, motivation and cognition in achievement settings, and the role of social structure in inter-group relations. She was an expert witness in the University of Michigan's defense of its undergraduate and law school admissions policies.

Hazel Rose Markus has been a professor of psychology at Stanford University since 1994 and prior to that was a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan and a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research.

Markus' research has focused on the role of the self in regulating behavior. Her most recent work is in the area of cultural psychology and explores the interdependence between psychological structures and processes and socio-cultural environments.

Llamara Padro Milano is vice president for health issues and policies for Syracuse Area Latinos United against Disparities (S.A.L.U.D.). Milano is a registered nurse, a childbirth educator and a lactation specialist with more than 25 years of community service in the area of maternal and child health. She is a labor and delivery nurse at Community General Hospital in Syracuse. Milano was instrumental in the creation of a computerized monitoring system for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants in Onondaga County.

Milano is a board member of the Spanish Action League, Family Ties Perinatal Network and the Onondaga County Commission on Aging and Youth.

Daria Roithmayr is an associate professor at the University of Illinois College of Law. A scholar of national and international renown in the area of critical race theory, she twice served as special counsel for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, advising him on issues of race and gender for the nominations of U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas.

Roithmayr has worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, and served as special counsel to the Mississippi attorney general, litigating the state's suit against tobacco companies.

Alan Rosenthal is the director of Justice Strategies, a research, training, public advocacy and policy division in the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) in Syracuse. Before joining Justice Strategies, Rosenthal was a criminal defense and civil rights attorney in private practice.

As director of Justice Strategies, Rosenthal studied racial disparities in the local criminal justice system for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), resulting in the publication of "A Report to the NAACP Syracuse/Onondaga Chapter on Racial Disparities in the Local Criminal Justice System," issued by the CCA in 2001. He also drafted legislation on racial profiling and data collection.

John Sexton

John Sexton is the 15th president of New York University and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law, as well as dean emeritus of the NYU School of Law. Before joining the NYU Law faculty in 1981, Sexton served as law clerk to the late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and to the late Judges David Bazelon and Harold Leventhal of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Sexton is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of both the Association of American University Presidents and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Claude Steele is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1991. He is also director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford and former chair of Stanford's Department of Psychology. He previously served on the faculty of the University of Michigan, the University of Washington and the University of Utah.

Steele has written extensively on topics relating to applied social psychology, prejudice and stereotyping, and self and identity. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Russell Sage Foundation, among other funding organizations.

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Inauguration Ceremony Inaugural Address Inauguration Symposium Symposium Participants Inauguration Art Exhibitions	Hubert (Hub) Brown is an associate professor of broadcast journalism and chair of the Communications Department at Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Brown has an extensive background in reporting, producing and anchoring for commercial local news and in public television. His experience ranges from political and state government reporting to producing public affairs documentaries. Brown's research and professional production activities cover the influence of advertising on broadcast news content, and the threats to independent and minority broadcasters posed by media consolidation. He teaches courses on reporting, production and mass media ethics. Lawrence D. Bobo is the Norman Tishman and Charles M. Diker Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He has served as acting chair of Harvard University's African and African American Studies Department and as acting director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute. Bobo's research interests include racial attitudes and relations, social psychology, public opinion and political behavior. He has received major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. His research has appeared in the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, the American Political Science Review, and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Linda Carty Linda Carty is an associate professor and chair of the African American Studies Department in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her teaching and research focus on gender discourses in African Diaspora studies; migration and diasporic identities; black women's labor in the Americas; transnational feminisms; and neocolonialism and Caribbean studies. Carty wrote "Not a Nanny: A Gendered, Transnational Analysis of Caribbean Domestic Workers in New York City" in "Decolonizing the Academy: Diaspora Theory and African New-World Studies." She has also written many articles, book chapters and book reviews on feminist and racial justice issues. Patricia Y. Gurin Patricia Gurin is the Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan. She is a faculty associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research and at the Center for African and Afro-American Studies. In her work, Gurin, a social psychologist, has focused on social identity, the role of social identity in political attitudes and behavior, motivation and cognition in achievement settings, and the role of social structure in inter-group relations. She was an expert witness in the University of Michigan's defense of its undergraduate and law school admissions policies. Hazel Rose Markus has been a professor of psychology at Stanford University since 1994 and prior to that was a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan and a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research. Markus' research has focused on the role of the self in regulating behavior. Her most recent work is in the area of cultural psychology and explores the interdependence between psychological structures and processes and socio-cultural environments. Llamara Padro Milano is vice president for health issues and policies for Syracuse Area Latinos United against Disparities (S.A.L.U.D.). Milano is a registered nurse, a childbirth educator and a lactation specialist with more than 25 years of community service in the area of maternal and child health. She is a labor and delivery nurse at Community General Hospital in Syracuse. Milano was instrumental in the creation of a computerized monitoring system for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants in Onondaga County. Milano is a board member of the Spanish Action League, Family Ties Perinatal Network and the Onondaga County Commission on Aging and Youth. Daria Roithmayr is an associate professor at the University of Illinois College of Law. A scholar of national and international renown in the area of critical race theory, she twice served as special counsel for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, advising him on issues of race and gender for the nominations of U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas. Roithmayr has worked in private practice in Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, and served as special counsel to the Mississippi attorney general, litigating the state's suit against tobacco companies. Alan Rosenthal is the director of Justice Strategies, a research, training, public advocacy and policy division in the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) in Syracuse. Before joining Justice Strategies, Rosenthal was a criminal defense and civil rights attorney in private practice. As director of Justice Strategies, Rosenthal studied racial disparities in the local criminal justice system for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), resulting in the publication of "A Report to the NAACP Syracuse/Onondaga Chapter on Racial Disparities in the Local Criminal Justice System," issued by the CCA in 2001. He also drafted legislation on racial profiling and data collection. John Sexton John Sexton is the 15th president of New York University and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law, as well as dean emeritus of the NYU School of Law. Before joining the NYU Law faculty in 1981, Sexton served as law clerk to the late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger and to the late Judges David Bazelon and Harold Leventhal of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Sexton is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of both the Association of American University Presidents and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Claude Steele is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1991. He is also director of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford and former chair of Stanford's Department of Psychology. He previously served on the faculty of the University of Michigan, the University of Washington and the University of Utah. Steele has written extensively on topics relating to applied social psychology, prejudice and stereotyping, and self and identity. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health and the Russell Sage Foundation, among other funding organizations.