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Observations On The Folly Of Using Student Evaluations Of College Teaching For Faculty Evaluation, Pay, And Retention Decisions And Its Implications For Academic Freedom, William Arthur Wines, Terence J. Lau Oct 2006

Observations On The Folly Of Using Student Evaluations Of College Teaching For Faculty Evaluation, Pay, And Retention Decisions And Its Implications For Academic Freedom, William Arthur Wines, Terence J. Lau

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

Research on student teaching evaluations is vast. An examination of this research demonstrates wide disagreements but also substantial consensus of authority for the proposition that student evaluations should be used only with extreme care, if at all, in making personnel decisions. A number of reasons cause administrators to use teaching evaluations for personnel decisions. The literature, however, is virtually unanimous in its condemnation of norming student evaluations in order to rank classroom performances. Current cases on academic freedom indicate some retrenchment by the Circuits from broader pronouncements in earlier Supreme Court cases. This paper concludes that the use of non-validated …


Teed Off About Private Club Discrimination On The Taxpayer's Dime: Tax Exemptions And Other Government Privileges To Discriminatory Private Clubs, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan Oct 2006

Teed Off About Private Club Discrimination On The Taxpayer's Dime: Tax Exemptions And Other Government Privileges To Discriminatory Private Clubs, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Psychological Consequences Of Judically Imposed Closets In Child Custody And Visitation Disputes Involving Gay Or Lesbian Parents, Nancy G. Maxwell, Richard Donner Oct 2006

The Psychological Consequences Of Judically Imposed Closets In Child Custody And Visitation Disputes Involving Gay Or Lesbian Parents, Nancy G. Maxwell, Richard Donner

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This article examines child custody and visitation cases in which courts operate under the assumption that parents who live openly as sexual minorities will harm their children. Based on this assumption, courts frequently impose restrictions on parents, requiring them to live closeted lives in order to have access to their children. Part I of this article introduces the concept of the judicially imposed closet as courts have applied it through several custody and visitation cases. Part II examines social science research concerning the psychological impact of "family secrets" on parents and children as well as research on sexual minority parenting. …


Equal Protection Misapplied: The Politics Of Gender And Legitimacy And The Denial Of Inheritance, Linda Kelly Hill Oct 2006

Equal Protection Misapplied: The Politics Of Gender And Legitimacy And The Denial Of Inheritance, Linda Kelly Hill

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Gender Equality And Women's Solidarity Across Religious, Ethnic, And Class Differences In The Kenyan Constitutional Review Process, Athena D. Mutua Oct 2006

Gender Equality And Women's Solidarity Across Religious, Ethnic, And Class Differences In The Kenyan Constitutional Review Process, Athena D. Mutua

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Mothers, Myths, And The Law Of Divorce: One More Feminist Case For Partnership, Cynthia Lee Starnes Oct 2006

Mothers, Myths, And The Law Of Divorce: One More Feminist Case For Partnership, Cynthia Lee Starnes

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Embryo Donation: The Government Adopts A Cause, Jaime E. Conde Oct 2006

Embryo Donation: The Government Adopts A Cause, Jaime E. Conde

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

The disposition of cryopreserved supernumerary embryos has become a divisive issue that puts to test the tenets of the "culture of life" promoted by the Vatican and President George W. Bush. The Bush administration has spent millions of dollars to promote "embryo adoptions" while imposing restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. On the other hand, contemporary Catholic moral theologians and philosophers disagree on the question of the morality of embryo "rescue" or "adoption" because the Church strongly opposes in vitro fertilization, the donation of gametes and embryo cryopreservation, as evidenced recently during the Italian fertility law referendum. …


Towards A Feminist Theory Of The Public Domain, Or Rejecting The Gendered Scope Of United States Copyrightable And Patentable Subject Matter, Malla Pollack Apr 2006

Towards A Feminist Theory Of The Public Domain, Or Rejecting The Gendered Scope Of United States Copyrightable And Patentable Subject Matter, Malla Pollack

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Plan B For The Fda: A Need For A Third Class Of Drug Regulation In The United States Involving A "Pharmacist-Only" Class Of Drugs, Matthew J. Seamon Apr 2006

Plan B For The Fda: A Need For A Third Class Of Drug Regulation In The United States Involving A "Pharmacist-Only" Class Of Drugs, Matthew J. Seamon

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Ian Ayres & Jennifer Gerarda Brown, Straightforward: How To Mobilize Heterosexual Support For Gay Rights, Evan Wolfson Apr 2006

Book Review: Ian Ayres & Jennifer Gerarda Brown, Straightforward: How To Mobilize Heterosexual Support For Gay Rights, Evan Wolfson

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Brief Examination Of Pedophilia And Sexual Abuse Committed By Nuns Within The Catholic Church, Nicole Travers Apr 2006

A Brief Examination Of Pedophilia And Sexual Abuse Committed By Nuns Within The Catholic Church, Nicole Travers

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Private Choices, Public Consequences: Public Education Reform And Feminist Legal Theory, Verna L. Williams Apr 2006

Private Choices, Public Consequences: Public Education Reform And Feminist Legal Theory, Verna L. Williams

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Patriotic Homosocial Discourse, Kim H. Pearson Apr 2006

Patriotic Homosocial Discourse, Kim H. Pearson

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Classroom Incivilities, Gender, Authenticity And Orthodoxy, And The Limits Of Hard Work: Four Lenses For Interpreting A "Failed" Teaching Experience, Deborah Maranville Apr 2006

Classroom Incivilities, Gender, Authenticity And Orthodoxy, And The Limits Of Hard Work: Four Lenses For Interpreting A "Failed" Teaching Experience, Deborah Maranville

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Is Whistleblowing Protection Available Under Title Ix?: An Hermeneutical Divide And The Role Of Courts, John A. Gray Apr 2006

Is Whistleblowing Protection Available Under Title Ix?: An Hermeneutical Divide And The Role Of Courts, John A. Gray

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Female By Operation Of Law: Feminist Jurisprudence And The Legal Imposition Of Sex, Matthew Gayle Apr 2006

Female By Operation Of Law: Feminist Jurisprudence And The Legal Imposition Of Sex, Matthew Gayle

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Women And War, Linda A. Malone Feb 2006

Women And War, Linda A. Malone

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


A Response To Professor Rose's "Deconstructing Truth", Carol Burke Feb 2006

A Response To Professor Rose's "Deconstructing Truth", Carol Burke

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Women In Peacekeeping And Peacemaking: Devising Solutions To The Demand Side Of Trafficking, Connie De La Vega, Chelsea E. Haleynelson Feb 2006

The Role Of Women In Peacekeeping And Peacemaking: Devising Solutions To The Demand Side Of Trafficking, Connie De La Vega, Chelsea E. Haleynelson

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Madam Secretary, Drury Stevenson Feb 2006

Madam Secretary, Drury Stevenson

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Women In Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dilemmas And Directions, Naomi R. Cahn Feb 2006

Women In Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Dilemmas And Directions, Naomi R. Cahn

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Quiet Revolution: Repeal Of The Exclusionary Statutes In Combat Aviation - What We Have Learned From A Decade Of Integration, Alice W.W. Parham Feb 2006

The Quiet Revolution: Repeal Of The Exclusionary Statutes In Combat Aviation - What We Have Learned From A Decade Of Integration, Alice W.W. Parham

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Modern Day Slavery In Our Own Backyard, Ellen L. Buckwalter, Maria Perinetti, Susan L. Pollet, Meredith S. Salvaggio Feb 2006

Modern Day Slavery In Our Own Backyard, Ellen L. Buckwalter, Maria Perinetti, Susan L. Pollet, Meredith S. Salvaggio

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Deconstructing Truth: A Review Of Carol Burke's Book "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, And The High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, And Changing Military Culture", Charles H. Rose Iii Feb 2006

Deconstructing Truth: A Review Of Carol Burke's Book "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, And The High-And-Tight: Gender, Folklore, And Changing Military Culture", Charles H. Rose Iii

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Gender-Based War Crimes: Incidence And Effectiveness Of International Criminal Prosecution, Andrea R. Phelps Feb 2006

Gender-Based War Crimes: Incidence And Effectiveness Of International Criminal Prosecution, Andrea R. Phelps

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.