Susan Waltz is a Professor of Public Policy. She is a specialist in human rights and international affairs. Susan is the author of Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (1995), and she has recently published a series of articles on the historical origins of international human rights instruments and the political processes that produced them.

Peggy McIntosh, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director, Wellesley Centers for Women. Attendance at this event is limited to the Ford School community. For more information, please contact Tresa Kappil: [email protected]. Brought to you by Students of Color in Public Policy (SCPP) & Ford School Student Affairs Committee (SAC).

The Charge to the Class will be delivered by Cecilia Munoz, senior vice president for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), 'the largest constituency-based Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group in the United States.' During Winter 2007, Cecilia taught a class at the Ford School and delivered a public lecture as the Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence. Her duties at the NCLR include oversight of all legislative activities pertaining to the policy staff.

Remarks by Marc Spitzer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Panel discussion to follow.

An informal conversation with Jan Svejnar, who was narrowly defeated by the incumbent, Victor Klaus, in the recent election for the presidency of the Czech Republic.

Refreshments served. Join us as we highlight and celebrate the intellectual achievements of graduate and undergraduate students at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The thirty-four posters on display were nominated for inclusion by Ford School faculty, and they will represent a wide range of student work: from local issues to foreign policy, from social welfare policy to health care reform, from undergraduate work to dissertation research.

Spring Preview is designed to help you make the most informed decision about our school. With this in mind, we have organized a program that will allow you structured time with our faculty, staff, and students.

The purpose of the conference is to explore a number of regulatory issues involving trade and related policies that cut across the economies of the United States and European Union and that have wider ramifications for the global trading system as a whole. An indication of the scope of the conference and the papers being commissioned is available via the links in the agenda, below. Attendance: Open to interested faculty, students, and the public.

Sponsored by Ford School Queers & Allies and the Ford School. Often groups working for social change feel conflicted about the best strategy for doing so. Often, when the legislative process is involved, compromises must be made that can often feel like 'selling out' or sacrificing a core value. Is this necessary? Students in different schools learn different theories about social change. How can we better work together for positive change? Recent history is full of examples - hate crimes legislation, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007, community revitalization.

Tentative Program: Presenters: Elizabeth Bruch, Scott Page, Dan Brown Discussants: Ken Kollman, Walter Mebane This mini-conference is part of the 25th Annual Summer Conference of the Society for Political Methodology. [More information.]