Illustration by Nicolle Rager Fuller, courtesy of the U.S. National Science Foundation. "NSF: transforming the world through science."

FROM THE DIRECTOR

Welcome to the Spring 2021 edition of The Baldy Center Magazine. The past academic year has been a challenging time for all of us, as we’ve adapted to virtual research, online engagement, and socially distanced lives.

The Baldy Center's past and present fellows and grant recipients have demonstrated extraordinary resilience in advancing their important research in these changing and unusual times. This issue of the magazine highlights the work of The Baldy Center's affiliated scholars on an array of subjects and topics, all focused on themes of crisis and resolution. We invite you to read about their work.

FEATURE ARTICLES

When Must I Speak for You,
How Will I Know?

Why is there a war on drugs?

Photo of Alison Liebhafsky (second from right) with students in Tanganyika, Africa, 1963. The image is provided courtesy of Jessie Des Forges.

Alison Des Forges: A passion for justice

BALDY CENTER BLOG AND PODCAST

The Baldy Center Blog and The Baldy Center Podcast share exciting new law and social policy research and expert perspectives on current events from UB faculty. We invite you to engage with our 2020-2021 blogs and podcasts. Our new 2021-2022 blogs and podcasts begin in late August. All are welcome to subscribe!

THE BALDY CENTER PODCAST

The Baldy Center podcast highlights University at Buffalo faculty research and perspectives on current events. Our interviews focus on interdisciplinary scholars of law, legal institutions, and social policy from across UB. Fifteen episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 of the Baldy Center podcast are available now, with new episodes beginning in Fall 2021.

THE BALDY CENTER BLOG

The Baldy Center blog features interdisciplinary perspectives on research and current events from UB scholars whose work intersects with law, legal institutions, and social policy. Read about law and policy perspectives on a wide array of topics in fifteen blogs from Season 1.

INTRODUCING NEW SCHOLARS

The Baldy Center's mission is to advance interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions, and social policy. UB faculty engaged in research in these themes mentor graduate students, who embark on careers as interdisciplinary scholars of law and social policy. We are pleased to present five of these new scholars.

INSIGHTS

Catalyzing New Research at UB

The Baldy Center has supported research in law, legal institutions, and social policy at UB since 1978, with far-reaching impacts on the advancement knowledge. This year, we asked UB scholars to bring their expertise to bear on issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion in their proposals for new research.

Intersectional Discrimination

Joanne Song McLaughlin, UB Associate Professor, Department of Economics, gives us insight into how the intersectionality of age and gender relates to discrimination laws and social policy.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY LEGAL STUDIES

Baldy Center Postdoctoral Fellows are highly promising scholars from a variety of disciplines who have completed their Ph.D.s and/or J.D.s at other universities, but have not yet commenced tenure track positions. Our call for postdoctoral fellowship applications will open in Fall 2021, for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Visit our website for updates.

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