Title IX at 40 Conference presented by the SHARP Center

Date: May 9 - 11, 2012

Venue: University of Michigan campus (Rackham Graduate School)

United States of America

The SHARP Center for Women and Girls is an interdisciplinary research center founded by the Women’s Sports Foundation and the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the School of Kinesiology. The center advances research and policy making to enhance the lives of women and girls through sport, play, and movement.

"Title IX at 40," the center’s two and half day conference, will highlight the broad impact of the Title IX legislation on U.S. society and will feature nationally renowned researchers, athletes, media experts, and policy makers.

Title IX at 40: Progress and Promise, Equity for All

May 9 -11

Watch featured speakers LIVE!

http://ummedia10.rs.itd.umich.edu/flash/irwg/irwg.html

Wednesday, May 9 - 5 p.m.

Keynote Lecture 1 – “Without Sports”

Laila Ali, President, Women’s Sports Foundation

Four-time World Champion Boxer

Welcome by the Co-Directors of SHARP Center for Women and Girls, Dr. Katherine Babiak, Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of Michigan and Dr. Carol J. Boyd, Deborah J Oakley Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan.

Thursday, May 10

9 a.m.

Keynote Lecture 2

Amy Berman, Enforcement Director, Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education

Welcome by Dean Janet A. Weiss, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, and Kathryn Olson, Chief Executive Officer, Women’s Sports Foundation

12:30 p.m.

“Big Ten Conference Efforts in Gender Equity — 1989 to Present”

James E. Delany, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference 

Introduction by Lloyd Carr, University of Michigan Football Coach, 1995-2007

4:30 p.m.

Keynote Lecture 3

Dr. Bernice R. Sandler, Senior Scholar, Women’s Research and Education Institute, Prestigious Title IX Advocate & Author

For more information on the Sports, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls (SHARP) or a full conference schedule, visit: www.WomensSportsFoundation.org/SHARP