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Striving For Credibility In The Face Of Ambiguity: A Grounded Theory Study Of Extreme Hardship Immigration Psychological Evaluations, Susan M. Burke

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Psychological evaluations are frequently used in extreme hardship immigration cases in the United States. These evaluations are complex; they are inherently ambiguous, and they require extensive training and specialized knowledge. General guidance for mental health professionals is available from professional organizations, the federal government, and articles in the legal and mental health literature. However, there is a lack of detailed guidance, best practices, training, and supervision so many evaluators learn on their own. Unfortunately, this has resulted in assessment processes and evaluation reports that vary widely in terms of professionalism and quality which negatively impacts the vulnerable families seeking these …

Money Bail Criminalizes Poverty, Lara Bazelon

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

The Bay Area is home to a movement to challenge the money-bail system, which disproportionately impacts community of color, and Lara Bazelon discusses the work of the USF School of Law’s Racial Justice Clinic.

Voices Of Hope And Trepidation: Usf Scholars Tackle Critical Issues Concerning The Future Of The San Francisco Bay Area, Saera R. Khan, Christine J. Yeh

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Eighteen university scholars representing different academic fields provide their expertise in critical issues to underscore how the Bay Area’s stories of success and troubling challenges may forecast what our country could and would become. Although many of us share Manuel Pastor’s optimism in his book State of Resistance, we also focus on the experiences of marginalized communities which allows us to envision a version of success that is inclusive.

Aging In The Bay: Where We Excel And Fall Short In Serving The Needs Of Older Adults, Erin Grinshteyn

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

As the population of California and the Bay Area gets older, issues of high cost of living and transportation makes it difficult for elderly people. Erin Grinshteyn looks at initiatives in the Bay Area to help the aging populations.

Why Aren’T There More Female University Leaders?, Shirley Mcguire

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Many women in leadership emerge from California, but there are still too few women in academic leadership positions. Shirley McGuire considers different pathways that women take to leadership positions and ways to encourage gender equity in higher education.

Entrepreneurship In Silicon Valley: The Road To Sustainable Prosperity, June Y. Lee

Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship

Although Silicon Valley has made significant cultural and technological advancements, only 9% of decision-makers at U.S. based venture capital firms are women and only 15% of the U.S venture dollars in 2017 went to teams with a female founder. June Y. Lee writes about the long history of successful entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley and the relationship between academia and industry.

Sovereignty And Complex Interdependence: Some Surprising Indications Of Their Compatibility, Charles F. Sabel

Faculty Scholarship

Even as democratic sovereignty and globalization are increasingly seen as incompatible in theory, this chapter argues that, in some important realms, they are proving compatible in practice. As tariffs have fallen to negligible levels, trade agreements among rich countries have come to focus on reconciling regulatory differences. In many sectors, novel forms of cooperation have emerged that allow trade partners deliberately to investigate and learn from one another’s practices, eventually recognizing the equivalence of regimes that are not strictly identical — and in the process extending domestic political oversight to relations among states while often heightening domestic accountability. The emergent …

Edward Snowden, National Security Whistleblowing, And Civil Disobedience, David E. Pozen

Faculty Scholarship

No recent whistleblower has been more lionized or vilified than Edward Snowden. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and denounced as a "total traitor" deserving of the death penalty. In these debates, Snowden's defenders tend to portray him as a civil disobedient. Yet for a range of reasons, Snowden's situation does not map neatly onto traditional theories of civil disobedience. The same holds true for most cases of national security whistleblowing.

The contradictory and confused responses that these cases provoke, this essay suggests, are not just the product of polarized politics or insufficient information. Rather, they reflect …

Feed: State Transparency Amidst Informational Surplus, Mark Fenster

Mark Fenster

Body Battlegrounds: Transgressions, Tensions And Transformations

Chris Bobel

The Origins Of The Modern Mugshot, Tsion Chudnovsky

Tsion Chudnovsky, JD

Solidarity Economy Lawyering, Renee Hatcher

Renee Hatcher

Trust, Autonomy, And The Fiduciary Relationship, Carolyn Mcleod, Emma Ryman

Carolyn McLeod