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February 4, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 20 Families In Transition Lecture Series Continues With Talk by Angela Mae Kupenda Feb. 19
All of the lecturers will also be special tea time guests in conjunction with their visits. We hope you will take the opportunity to meet them as well as attend the lectures. Finally, the Center has partnered with the local bar to offer a training in Collaborative Law Feb. 29-Mar. 1. If you are interested, please contact Debbie Willis at kelley@law.ufl.edu. Home | Email to a friend | Print article | Contact FlaLaw Online |
The Center for Children and Families 2007-08 lecture series, "Families In Transition," continues at noon Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall) with a presentation by Angela Mae Kupenda, professor of law at Mississippi College School of Law School. Kupenda’s talk, "Learning from Family Law to Address America’s Family-Like Race Dysfunction," is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations. A scholar of family law issues and critical race theory, Kupenda (pictured left) will be speaking on the relationship between family law and communities of color, using as her framework the analysis of relationships of abuse developed by domestic violence scholars.
Kupenda is the second of four talented scholars with multidisciplinary expertise to address critical issues in family law at the law school during the academic year. The series continues Feb. 27 with a talk by Gary Melton, professor and director, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University. Melton (pictured right), a psychologist, has been at the forefront of international and national research relating to children’s rights, including in particular issues of child abuse. He has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to scholarship and public policy multiple times by the American Psychological Association as well as other national and international organizations. His talk is entitled "The Scope and Implementation of Children's Right to Participation under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."
On March 26, Stephanie Coontz, professor, Evergreen State College and director of research and education of the Council on Contemporary Families, will present the second annual Walter Weyrauch Lecture. Coontz (pictured left), a social historian who is a scholar of the history and current developments in marriage, is perhaps best known for her book, The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. She most recently published Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage. Her talk will focus on the social and personal implications of the historical transformation of marriage.