Justice Studies Association- Conference Schedule

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JUSTICE STUDIES ASSOCIATION
ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
*old -2009 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
MAY 27-30, 2009
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PROLOGUE: CONFERENCE SITE

(1) The Best Western Sovereign is located directly across from the southern entrance to the University at Albany-SUNY at 1228 Western Avenue, 6.5 miles from the Albany International Airport

(2) The conference hotel has an airport courtesy shuttle that runs from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Tel: 518-489-2981; for information on the Albany International Airport, see: http://www.albanyairport.com/

(3) The hotel has an indoor pool available to all guests.
For a complete listing of hotel amenities, check:
http://www.bestwesternnewyork.com/hotels/best-western-sovereign-hotel-albany/

(4) The University at Albany has many roads, sidewalks, and paths throughout the campus for walking, running, and moseying and is safe for men and women.

DAILY SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, May 27th, 2009

1:00-3:00—Annual “Imaginary” Softball game

3:00-5:30—On-site Registration in Lobby of Best Western Sovereign

6:00—Annual membership picnic meeting for 2009 members of Justice Studies Association in Voorheesville, hosted at the Gray/Sullivan digs: celebrating Rolf’s best wursts; vegan, vegetarian dishes will be available; if you have a beverage you particularly like, we encourage you to bring that along.

10:00—HOSPITALITY SUITE

Note: Bring your guitars, harps, accordions, melodeons, and other musical instruments to the picnic and to the hospitality room in the evenings if you like!

Note: If you get in a bit of a snag for whatever reason, call Program Co-chair Dennis Sullivan at 518-469-0202 or Conference Registrar Georgia Gray at 518-928-3399; perhaps we can help your directly or send you in the right direction—though we will not be able to do pick-ups at the airport.
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THURSDAY—May 28th, 2009

SESSIONS: All plenary sessions and luncheons will take place in the Squire Room; the Town Room will be used for concurrent sessions on a needs-be basis.

8:00—Registration outside Squire Room, Registrar Georgia Gray

8:30—Introductory Remarks, JSA Past President, Beverly Quist (Mohawk Valley Community College)

8:45—Welcome: JSA President, John F. Wozniak (Western Illinois University)

9:00 -10:15—SESSION I—
“Introductions and Articulations of Perspectives on Justice”
Facilitators: T. Y. Okosun (Northeastern Illinois University)

10:15-10:30—TEA/COFFEE BREAK
Hospitality provided by Michael and Mary Loughrey, Looseleaf Law Publications

10:30-12:00—SESSION II—
“New Sanctuary Demonstration Project and An Introduction to Immigration
Law”
Facilitator: Fred Boehrer (Emmaus House, Albany Catholic Worker)

12:00-2:15—SESSION III—
Luncheon and Opening Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker—Juan Carlos Ruiz
Director of Organizing, Youth Ministries For Peace and Justice

2:30-3:45—SESSION IV—
“Finding a Home in a World Which Does Not Want You”
Facilitator: Kathryn Sullivan (Hudson Valley Community College)

“Jose Crow? Anti-immigrant Laws in the 50 States”
Alethia Jones (University at Albany)

“American Dream, Immigration, and Re-defining the Core Culture”
Divya Sharma (Utica College)

“Fast Food, Rising Tides, and the Marshall Islands”
Heather McIlvaine-Newsad (Western Illinois University)

3:45-4:00—BREAK

4:00-5:30— SESSION V—
"Creating Synergy Between Research and Teaching in a Newly Constituted Justice Studies Department"
Facilitator: Jessica Henry (Montclair State University)

“Hate Crimes: Challenging Students’ Concepts of Tolerance and Justice”
Jessica Henry (Montclair State University)

“The Environment & Its Inhabitants: Broadening Our Conception of Social Justice”
Lisa Zilney (Montclair State University)

"Terrorism and Civil Liberties: Making Terrorism an Issue of Social Justice for “Students”
Gabriel Rubin (Montclair State University)

“It's Complicated: Bringing gender Studies and Social Justice to the Justice Studies Classroom”
Venezia Michalsen (Montclair State University)

5:30—SHAKER BREAKOUT—
“Give Peace a Chance” verses and commentary
Facilitator: Patrick Shields “Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College)
All Participants are encouraged to create and sing their own verse; let’s be seriously silly! (For original lyrics, see:
http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/john_lennon/give_peace_a_chance/)

6:30-9:00—DINNER hosted by Emmaus House, Albany Catholic Worker
45 Trinity Place, Albany
NOTE!! Some ride-sharing will be available; sign up with Georgia Gray at the registration desk.
Dinner Music by Albany County’s own “The Village String Band”
Plus special neighborhood musical guests!!

10:00-11:30—HOSPITALITY SUITE

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FRIDAY—May 29th, 2009

SESSIONS: All plenary sessions and luncheons will take place in the Squire Room; the Town room will be used for concurrent sessions on a needs-be basis.

7:30-8:45—JSA Board Meeting: President’s Planning Session for 2010
(Town Room)

8:00-12:00—Registration, Registrar Georgia Gray

8:45—TEA/COFFEE
Hospitality provided by Michael and Mary Loughrey, Looseleaf Law Publications

9:00-10:15—SESSION VI—
Activists Café
Facilitator: Susan Krumholz (U. Mass-Dartmouth)

“Providing a Home For Immigrants at the Family Table”
Diana Conroy (Emmaus House, Albany Catholic Worker)

10:15-10:30—PRESENTATION OF JSA SOCIAL ACTIVIST AWARDS
Presented by JSA Vice President, T. Y. Okosun
2009 Recipients
1. Diana Conroy (Emmaus House, Albany Catholic Worker)
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10:30-10:45—BREAK

10:45-12:15—SESSION VII—
“Alienation, Reintegration, and Modes of Just Restoration”
Facilitator: T. Y. Okosun (Northern Illinois University)

“Thomas Merton's Message to Peacemaking Criminology:
Touchstones for Continued Formation”
Michael Hallett (University of North Florida)

“Migration and male trafficking in post conflict society”
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic (Belgrade University)

“Restorative Justice, Immigrant Issues and Alinsky-Style Organizing:
The Case of the Merrimack Valley Project”
Allen Fairfax (Merrimack College)

“Cracking Down on Immigrants: The New War on Drugs”
John F. Wozniak (Western Illinois University)

12:30-2:30 —SESSION VIII—
LUNCHEON AND KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ADDRESS
Award-winning songwriter, singer, musician Scott Ainslie (http://cattailmusic.com/)
Sound Engineer, Greg Tobler

2:45-4:15—SESSION IX—
"Alienation, Reintegration, and Modes of Just Restoration”
Facilitator: Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic (Belgrade University)

“Transnational Identity and Out-of-Status Immigrants: Brazilians in New England”
Maria Natalicia Rocha-Tracy (Boston University)

“A Commitment to Democracy: Working across difference to build community and
immigrant integration”
Tim Sieber (U Mass-Boston)

“When Conflict Resolution Isn’t Enough: Incorporating Human Security,
Restorative Justice, and Conflict Transformation into Peacebuilding Effort”
Kimberly A. Vassilatos (Siena College)
Diana Strock-Lynskey (Siena College)

“Children on the Move: A Focus on the Violation of Human Rights for the Unaccompanied, the Left-Behind, the Separated, the Undocumented, the Trafficked and the Refugee Child in this Village of a World”
Sara Kitchen (Chestnut Hill College)

4:30-5:30—SESSION X—
"Sing a Worried Song”
Presenters—Ricardo Quinney (Emeritus, Northern Illinois University)
Pat Shields (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College)

5:30-5:40— Presentation of the 2009 Sullivan-Tifft Vanguard Award
Recipient: Richard Quinney
Presented by Dennis Sullivan (Independent Scholar)

5:40-6:00—SESSION XI—
SHAKER BREAKOUT—“Simple Gifts” (Lyrics enclosed)
Facilitator: Patrick Shields

6:00-8:30—DINNER

8:30-11:30—“Annual JSA Talent Show” (Squire Room)
Hosted by internationally-renowned MC’s Christa Drew and Fred Boehrer
SIGN UP AT REGISTRATION DESK WITH GEORGIA GRAY!!!!!!!
Talent Show snacks and tapas provided by Criminal Justice Press

8:30-11:30—Hospitality Suite

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SATURDAY—May 30th, 2009

SESSIONS: All plenary sessions and luncheons will take place in the Squire Room; the Town room will be used for concurrent sessions on a needs-be basis.

8:00-9:00—Registration, Registrar Georgia Gray

9:00-10:30—SESSION XII—
Screening of documentary “Waiting for Mercy” by Ellie Bernstein
Followed by discussion with film’s producer, writer, and director, Ms. Bernstein
“Waiting for Mercy” tells the story of the fabricated FBI sting operation in Albany that made international headlines in the “war on terror” ending with the 2006 convictions of two Albany Muslims on terrorism-related charges.

10:45-11:00—BREAK

11:00-12:30—SESSION XIII—
“Trauma created for all of us...all of us in different ways’: Battered immigrant women and perils of so-called help”
Facilitators: Susan Krumholz & Robin A. Robinson (U. Mass-Dartmouth)

“Trauma Created for All of Us...All of Us in Different Ways":
Dynamics of Historical Trauma and Domestic Abuse Amongst Immigrant Women”
Robin A. Robinson (U. Mass-Dartmouth)
Alexia Electris (LIU-Brooklyn)

“Ethics, Policy, and Domestic Abuse in the Lives of Immigrant Women”
Phil Cox (U. Mass-Dartmouth)

“Lifting the Barriers: Latina Battered Immigrants' Quest for
Citizenship”
Roberta Villalón (St. John’s University)

“Coping with Family Violence and Deportation Laws: The Case of
Portuguese Immigrant Women”
Maria Gloria de Sá (U. Mass-Dartmouth)

12:40-2:45 —SESSION XIV—
CHOMSKY AWARD LUNCHEON AND PRESENTATION
2009 Recipient— Rethinking Schools
Accepting the award Rethinking Schools Editor, Larry Miller
Presentation by JSA President John F. Wozniak
Acceptance address by Mr. Miller

2:45-4:15—SESSION XV—
" Undergraduates' Evolving Perspectives on Crime and Justice”
Facilitator: Kenneth J. Litwin (University of Michigan-Flint)

“From 'Right or Wrong' to Critical Thinker”
Andrea Garber (University of Michigan-Flint):

“The University of Michigan-Flint's Criminal Justice Program: An Emphasis on Human Beings”
Julie Kouri (University of Michigan-Flint)

" Blinded by the Star: a Former Law Enforcement Officer's Reflections on Crime and Justice”
Virginia McKenna (University of Michigan-Flint)

“My Journey to Embrace a Career in the Criminal Justice Profession”
James Milton (University of Michigan-Flint)

4:30-5:30—SESSION XVI—
“Immigration, the Law, and Justice-Done or Undone”
Facilitator: Peter Sanzen (Hudson Valley Community College)

“The use of local police to enforce federal immigration laws: The Case of Suffolk County, New York”
Bob Costello (Nassau Community College)

“Our Violence and Its Alienation”
Hal Pepinsky (Emeritus, Indiana University)

“Fair Trade For a Fair World: Environmental Justice and Worker's Rights”
Jackie Hayes and Deborah LaFond
(University at Albany Fair Trade Alliance)

“‘You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee’:
Cultural Emergence, Creation, and Discovery on the Local Level”
Alan Casline (Rootdrinker Institute)

5:30—SHAKER BREAKOUT—
“Directions for Sanctuary Practice and Farewells”

6:00—DINNER

9:00-11:30—HOSPITALITY SUITE

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Co-Chair—Dan Okada (California State University-Sacramento)
Co-Chair—Dennis Sullivan (Independent Scholar)
Theme Development—Fred Boehrer (Emmaus House, Albany Catholic Worker)
Hospitality—Kathryn Sullivan (Hudson Valley Community College) 
Award Presentation Bowls—Robin Robinson (U. Mass-Dartmouth)
Program Design and Printing—Beverly Quist (Mohawk Valley Community College)
Book Exhibit Coordinator—Peter Sanzen (Hudson Valley Community College) 
Conference Registrar—Georgia Gray

WITH GRATITUDE
Special Thanks to Greg Tobler for his invaluable assistance with sound system and engineering; he has been our Man in Havana for years, having gotten across the border into Canada by wits alone for book launch party!!

ROBIN ROBINSON
BEVERLY QUIST
ALBANY CATHOLIC WORKER
BRIAN WILLAN
VIVIAN BEATRICE
JESSICA MAGALDI
WILLAN PRESS
DIANA CONROY
TRINITY INSTITUTION
CHRIS RINGWALD
THE EVANGELIST
MARY LOUGHREY
MICHAEL LOUGHREY
RICH ALLINSON
PETER SANZEN
GREG TOBLER
FRED BOEHRER
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRESS
ROUTLEDGE BOOKS
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS
GEORGIA GRAY
SCOTT AINSLIE

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