ISABEL MARCUS School of Law (716)

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1 ISABEL MARCUS School of Law (716) SUNY at Buffalo ( (FAX) 527 O Brian Hall [email protected] EDUCATION: J.D. University of California (Berkeley), School of Law (1975) Ph.D. University of California (Berkeley), Political Science (1974) (Thesis: Health Care and Reform: The Dilemmas of a Demonstration Program ) M.A. University of California (Berkeley), Political Science (1965) (Thesis: The Mouridiya Brotherhood of Senegal: a Case Study in Modernizing Autocracy ) B.A. Barnard College (Columbia University) (1961) (Senior year: independent study at the London School of Economics) EMPLOYMENT: State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, Professor of Law, (1982-present). Teach courses in family law; comparative family law; women s international human rights; sexuality, gender and the law; reproductive rights and technologies; remedies; Bridge Course Balkans seminar Director, Graduate and International Programs (2008 present) Vice-Dean for Interdisciplinary Initiatives ( ) Associate Dean (1989) Chair, UB Department of Women s Studies ( ) Director, UB Women s Studies Program ( ) Co-Founder and Co-Director, UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender ( ) City of New York Law School, Visiting Associate Professor, ( ) University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor, Department of Government ( ) Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Law ( ) LBJ Graduate School of Public Affairs (fall 1978) BAR ADMISSIONS: California (1976); New York (1989) 1

2 OTHER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: Labor Arbitrator United States Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ( ) New York State Public Employment Relations Board ( ) PUBLICATIONS: Books Dark Numbers: Domestic Violence, Law and Public Policy in Hungary and Poland, Romania and Russia (circulating to publishers) Chapters of this book have been translated into Polish and Rumanian Dollars for Reform: the OEO Neighborhood Health Centers (Lexington Press 1981) Book Chapters Articles Wife Beating: Ideology and Practice under Socialism in Hungary, Poland and Romania, Chapter in Jill Massino and Shana Penn (ed) Gender and Everyday Life Under State Socialism in East and Central Europe, Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming) Women s Rights are Human Rights: A Call for Educational Reform in the Curriculum of Law Faculties in Post-socialist States (under review) Reframing Domestic Violence as Terrorism in the Home, in The Private and Public Nature of Violence ( M. Fineman and R. Mikitiyuk, eds, 1994) Many Realities Many Words: Abortion and the Struggle Over Meaning, 69 Texas L. Rev. 5 (1991) A Sexy New Twist: Reproductive Technologies and Feminism, 15 Law and Social Inquiry 2 (1990) Locked In and Locked Out: Divorce Law Reform and Women s Legal Identity, 37 Buffalo Law Review 2 (1989) Reflections on the Significance of the Sex/Gender System: Divorce Law Reform in New York, 42 U. of Miami Law Review 1 (1987). The Sexual Politics of Child Support in The Parental Child Support Obligation : Research, Practice, and Public Policy (J. Casetty ed.,1982) 2

3 Book Review The Circle of Empowerment: Twenty Five Years of CEDAW Women s Review of Books (submitted March 2009) Governing the Hearth: Law and Family in Nineteenth Century America, N.Y. Times Book Review, February 23, Essays Who Is Directing Traffic? A Response to Professor Quirk, Tikkun (Spring 1990) Report from China, Critical legal Studies Newsletter, November 1989 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS: 2005-present Open Society Institute Soros Foundation, Academic Fellowship Program International Scholar assigned to assist in the development and evaluation of new courses and research projects by junior professors in law faculties at University of Tirana (Albania), University of Timosoara (Romania), South East European University (Macedonia) 2007-present Funder of UB Law Visiting International Scholar Domestic Violence Scholarship. A one semester scholarship for a woman lawyer from Eastern Europe working on domestic violence issues. Scholars have come from Georgia, Poland and Azerbaijan. Mentor for Visiting Scholar present Co-Founder and Lecturer the Women s Human Rights Training Institute to train young women s rights lawyers from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, to develop and litigate women s human rights cases in three settings: (1) locally their own countries; (2) before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France; and (3) at the international level, primarily by using UN petitioning and reporting mechanisms and to form a strategic litigation network in the region. The program is funded by OSI as well as other foundations in the U.S., Norway and Sweden present Board of Directors, Network of East West Women (NEWW) an international NGO with UN Observer status, is made up of both individuals and women s rights organizations, Eastern Europe with the goal of furthering women s human rights in the region NEWW, Co-Director, Legal Fellowship Program for training young women lawyers from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union through four-month fellowships in the United States. The goal was to help these women learn women s human rights law, develop organizational skills, and begin to think about legal advocacy strategies. This Program was funded between 1996 and 2000 by the Soros Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and several smaller foundations. 3

4 Project Director of the International Human Rights Student Exchange with Jagiellonian University Law Faculty (Poland) funded by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in Japan. This innovative exchange project involved ten law students from UB law school and ten from the Jagiellonian law school Organizer and participant UB Interdisciplinary Academic Team to Jagiellonian University. For this month long exchange program, I selected faculty from six UB departments (Architecture, Art History, English, Law, Philosophy and Women s Studies) scholars who were addressing gender issues in their discipline. For the first two weeks, the UB faculty presented papers in their respective departments at Jagiellonian about how the inclusion of gender in their teaching. The second two week period consisted of an interdisciplinary seminar which included a series of presentations by UB professors from different disciplines on a selected topic. For example, in one seminar, professors in law, philosophy and English analyzed reproductive rights through their own disciplinary lens. To the best of my knowledge, this was the first and only program with this format Founder and Director UB Law Domestic Violence Applied Research Institute FELLOWSHIPS and GRANT SUPPORT: Fulbright Awards: Senior Scholar Serbia, April-May 2006, November -December 2005 Fulbright Lecturer January June 2004, Republic of Macedonia, St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, January-June 1997, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania USIA Visiting Lecturer Program: October 1996: Lithuania November 1989-January 1990: India and Pakistan UB Baldy Center for Law and Public Policy Summer Research Grants: (1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2000) International Research and Exchange Grant (IREX) (May-June 1995) American Council of Learned Societies (1994) Fellow, Bunting Institute (Radcliffe College, Harvard University, ) Legal History Fellowship, National Endowment for Humanities (U. of Wisconsin Law School, Summer 1985) SUNY at Buffalo, Research Development Grant ( ) University of Texas, University Research Institute Grant (Summer 1977) 4

5 Fellow, Center for Law and Society (University of California at Berkeley, ) Doctoral Fellowship, USDHEW, National Center for Health Services Research and Development ( ) Course Materials Development Balkans Seminar , Identities, Nationalisms and the Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Zones: Bosnia, Kosovo, and Serbia - Bridge Course (Fall 2008 readings, January 2009 travel to three countries for intensive discussions with officials, NGOs and law faculties/students) Women s International Human Rights Seminar Gender, Law and Policy (first year elective) Advanced Family Law Seminar U.B. Academic Supervision five Doctoral Degrees (Women s Studies, Political Science, Social Work) four Masters Degrees (Women s Studies, UB Law School) four Tenure Committees Chair (UB Law School) Invited Foreign Academic Supervision University of Groningen, Faculty of Law Doctoral Dissertation and Examination Committee for Bistra Netkova (Pro-Dean, Southeast European University, Macedonia) University Committee Assignments Advisory Board, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy Law Faculty Admissions Committee Law Faculty, Faculty Appointments Committee Law Faculty, Development of Doctorate in Law Committee Law Faculty Grievance Committee CONSULTANT: 2007-present International Institute (Buffalo, NY) (Evaluation of Department of Justice grant to Erie County to provide services to victims of trafficking) Justicia, a pro-bono legal service in Belgrade, Serbia funded by the Central and East European legal Initiative of the ABA (conducted trainings on domestic violence for Justicia lawyers and evaluated case outcomes) June-July 1994 and 5

6 1995 Women s Rights Law Center, Warsaw, Poland, a Ford Foundation funded nongovernment organization (NGO) (developed legal strategies for domestic violence cases; edited documents translated into English) COMMUNITY SERVICE: Group Leader for Catholic Charities Man-to-Man Domestic Violence Intervention Program. The goal of this re-education program was to teach men convicted of domestic violence offenses how to use non-violent behavior in their family relationships. I led weekly group discussions for violent offenders for three years. Oct-Nov.2005 Jan Dec. 07 Lecturer, American Association of University Women (Buffalo Chapter): Women s Human Rights Adult Education Course Chair, Board of Directors, 83 Bryant Street Corporation (housing co-op) MISCELLANEOUS: Co-Counsel, Pro-Choice Network of Western New York v. Project Rescue ( ) Co-Counsel, National Organization of Women Legal Defense Fund, for brief amicus curiae before the Supreme Court in McCarty v. McCarty (1980) Member, Judicial Nomination Screening Panel for the 5 th Circuit, Federation of Women Lawyers ( ) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY TEACHING: During the extended periods when I was teaching in another country, except for my time in China, in addition to my lecturing responsibilities I also spent significant time working with local NGO s involved in women s human rights writing and editing grant proposals, leading public discussions, and mentoring young activists. Jagiellonian University (Poland) April-May 2007 Faculty of Sociology (Gender Studies Program): Special Seminar, Women s International Human Rights April-May 1998 School of International Journalism and Department of Sociology: Special Seminar, Domestic Violence: Theory and Practice May 1994 Faculty of Political Science: Seminar on Feminist Jurisprudence 6

7 May 1993 Faculty of Political Science: Introduction to the U.S. Legal System University of Tirana (Albania) Public Law Faculty University of Novi Sad (Serbia) November-December 2006 Gender Studies Program: Seminar on Feminism in Theory and Practice November December 2005 Gender Studies Program: Women s Rights and Public Policy Seminar, Feminism in Europe and the U.S. State University of Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (April-May 2005) Faculty of Philosophy (Gender Studies Program): Women, Gender, and Society University of Nis (Serbia) (November 2004) Faculty of Law: Seminar on Domestic Violence: Theory and Practice; Comparative Law and Public Policy lecture course; Feminist Jurisprudence seminar Sts. Cyril and Methodius University (Republic of Macedonia) (January June 2004) School of Social Work: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Domestic Violence, Law and Public Policy South East European University (Republic of Macedonia) (January June 2004) Faculty of Law: Women s International Human Rights; Domestic Violence; Law and Public Policy; Introduction to US Legal System; Women, Gender, and Society Chiang Mai University (Thailand) (November - December 2000) Women s Studies Graduate Program: Introduction to Women s Studies; Feminist Theory, Jurisprudence and Feminist Practice Tver State University (Russia) May 2000 Department of Sociology: Women s Studies Program, Seminar on Transnational Issues in Women s Studies Faculty of Law: Issues in Family Law May 1999 Department of Sociology, Women s Studies Program: Seminar on Transnational Issues in Women s Studies Babes-Bolyai University (Romania) (January June 1997) Faculty of Law: International Human Rights Vilnius University (Lithuania) (October 1996) Women s Studies Program: Women s International Human Rights, Selected Issues in Women s Studies 7

8 Beijing University (People s Republic of China) (June-July 1990 and June-July 1991) Administrative Law in Ford Foundation Committee on Legal Education Exchange with China Beijing Teachers University (People s Republic of China (May June 1989) Introduction to U.S. Law FOREIGN UNIVERSITY GUEST LECTURES: South East European University (Republic of Macedonia), May 2007 Faculty of Law: Domestic Violence: Law and Practice November 2006 Faculty of Law: Women s Rights, Domestic Law and Public Policy in the U.S. and Macedonia, University of Belgrade (Serbia) April 2007 Faculty of Law: Domestic Violence and Women s Human Rights November 2006 Faculty of Law: Creating a Domestic Violence Intervention System in Serbia Department of Gender Studies: Women s Rights are Human Rights American Studies Program: Legal Issues related to Sexism and Racism in the United States University of Tirana (Albania) April 2008 Faculty of Public Law: Jurisprudence and Gender; Introduction to U.S. Administrative Law November 2008 Faculty of Public Law: Contemporary Human Rights Issues in the U.S.; Violence Against Women and the Rule of Law November 2007 Faculty of Public Law: Feminist Jurisprudence: Theory and Practice (2 lectures); Feminism and Critiques of the Implementation of International Human Rights Law: Violence Against Women April 2007 Faculty of Public Law: Developments in Women s Human Rights, Conducting Empirical Research on Legal Issues, Civil Rights in the U.S. Legal System November 2006 Faculty of Public Law: Human Rights in the U.S. Legal System, Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence, 8

9 Jagiellonian University (Poland) April 2007 Polish Sociology Association: Feminism and the Commitment to Empiricism University of Timosoara (Romania) November 2005 Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Program: Theory and Practice of Women s Rights in Romania, The International Campaign Against Violence Against Women: Successes and Failures, Feminism in the United States Faculty of Law: Family Law Controversies in the U.S. University of Pristina (Kosovo) April 2004 Department of Sociology: Domestic Violence and Human Rights: Theory and Practice Charles University (Czech Republic) March 2002 Law Faculty: Feminist Jurisprudence Women s Studies Program: U.S. Feminist Theory, Women s History in the U.S., Violence against Women: A Woman s Human Rights Issues Comenius University (Slovakia) April 2001 Department of Sociology (Gender Studies Program): Women s Studies, Women s Rights, Women s History University of Brno (Czech Republic) March 2002 Law Faculty: Domestic Violence and Family Law, Feminism in the U.S. Thamasatt University (Thailand) December 2000 Faculty of Law: Equal Protection and Women s Rights in the U.S. Chiang Mai University (Thailand) December 2000 Graduate Program in Community Development: Community Rights and Women s Rights: Problem Solving and Contradictions University of Bialystok (Poland) April May 1998 Graduate Program in Law: Implementing Domestic Violence Law in Poland and the U.S. University of Bucharest (Romania) May 1997 Faculty of Law: Domestic Violence as a Women s Rights Issue in Romania Supreme Court of Romania (Romania) May 1997 A Report on Research on Domestic Violence in Romania University of Kaunas (Lithuania) October 1996 Department of Sociology: Contemporary Issues in Women s Human Rights: Violence against Women and Reproductive Rights 9

10 European Humanities University (Belarus) April 1996 Gender Studies Program: Women s International Human Rights in the European Context India and Pakistan (November 1989 January 1990) USIA lecturer: Introduction to U.S. Law, Civil Liberties and Civil Rights in the U.S., Feminism in Theory and Practice. Lectures also given at universities in Delhi, Madras, Calcutta, Peshawar, as well as seminars/workshops for NGOs in Mumbai, Ahmdebad, Delhi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Karachi United States: Invited Presentations (partial list): Association of American Law Schools Law and Society Association Columbia University Feminist Legal Theory Workshop Cornell University Feminist Legal Theory Workshop Regional Socio-Legal Group (NY/Toronto) New York State Women s Bar Association UB Law Baldy Center 10