If you are as disgusted as I am reading about the university workplace culture being revealed by testimony at the Stacy Johnson-Klein vs. Fresno State trial, perhaps you'll be interested in a speaker who's coming to address the issues of women's sports on a higher plane: the legal aspects of Title IX. The professor is definitely coming to the right place. (Catch up on the latest chapter of the sordid tale by clicking here.)
Professor Erin Buzuvis of Western New England College School of Law will speak on "From University of Iowa’s Pink Locker Room to the Fresno State Verdict: Title IX as Cultural Resistance." It's part of the
Women, Education, and the Law Lecture Series sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program at California State University, Fresno.
The free lecture will be Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Peters Educational Center Auditorium in the new Student Recreational Center at Shaw and Woodrow Avenue.
A 5 p.m. reception in the Vintage Room, University Center Building will precede the lecture. Tickets are $25.
(Checks payable to CSUF Foundation.)
Professor Erin Buzuvis joined the faculty at Western New England College School of Law in 2006. After graduating from Cornell Law School in 2001, she practiced environmental and land use law at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston. She then clerked for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Buzuvis has published articles about Title IX and college athletics. Her most recent research centered on cultural understandings of Title IX and sports is forthcoming in the William and Mary Journal of Women and Law. She has been a featured commentator on Justice Talking and Democracy Now.
For more information, contact the Women’s Studies Program at (559) 278-2858, Fax (559) 278-5230.
It's good that the Women's Studies Department is hosting the event, but wouldn't it have been nice if perhaps the Athletics Department had been a co-sponsor? Hey, I'm just the eternal optimist.
If I ever had to sue for workplace discrimination (which is extremely unlikely), I would definitely want the Bee editorial board on my jury.