The Adler Institute on Social Exclusion Presents

"Social Exclusion: Sociological and Neuroscience

Perspectives"
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RESUMEN
The event will address sociological and social neuroscience perspectives on social exclusion, and will feature
presentations by sociologist Hilary Silver, associate professor at Brown University, whose research interests include
urban poverty, racial and gender inequality, urban and neighborhood change and homelessness; and social
psychologist C. Nathan Dewall, assistant professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky, whose research
interests focus on social exclusion and acceptance.

TEXTO COMPLETO
Institute Convenes First of its Conference Series at Chicago's Center on Halsted
For Adler School of Professional Psychology
Kristen Maser, 412-224-6007
kristenm@jackhorner.com
Logo: http://www.adler.edu/about/241AdlerInstituteonSocialExclusion.asp
On August 21, 2007, the Adler Institute on Social Exclusion, a nonprofit institute advocating equity and justice, in
collaboration with the Jane Addams Hull House Association, will convene the first in a series of speaker events on
social exclusion, an emerging conceptual tool used to characterize social disadvantage. "Social Exclusion:
Sociological &Social Neuroscience Perspectives" will take place at the Center on Halsted, Chicago's premier
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender destination.
The event is open to the public and will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, August 21, 2007. There is a
registration fee of $50 which includes a continental breakfast and a catered lunch. To register, or to see a
conference agenda, visit the Adler Institute on Social Exclusion's event page at
www.adler.edu/about/ISEEvents.asp.
The event will address sociological and social neuroscience perspectives on social exclusion, and will feature
presentations by sociologist Hilary Silver, associate professor at Brown University, whose research interests include
urban poverty, racial and gender inequality, urban and neighborhood change and homelessness; and social
psychologist C. Nathan Dewall, assistant professor of Psychology at the University of Kentucky, whose research
interests focus on social exclusion and acceptance.
Adler School President Raymond E. Crossman, Ph.D., will give an opening address and Lynn Todman, Ph.D.,
director, Adler Institute on Social Exclusion, will introduce the program. Other speakers include Clarence Woods,
president and CEO of the Jane Addams Hull House Association and chairman of the Chicago Commission on
Human Relations; and Sherrod Taylor, faculty fellow, Institute on Social Exclusion.
The purpose of Adler School's Social Exclusion Conference Series is to highlight linkages among varied discourses
on social exclusion, to lay a foundation for the development of a broad-based conversation about issues of
exclusion, and to encourage advocacy, action and policy responses to exclusion.
"Many disciplines and professions including sociology, economics, biology and the arts focus on the structural
causes of social disadvantage but there is little discourse among the fields," said Lynn Todman. "Our goal with this

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conference series is to show the similarities between disciplines and to encourage a transdisciplinary conversation
on the topic."
Upcoming speakers for the year-long conference series include W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor,
Social Psychology Program at the University of Georgia; John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., Tiffany &Margaret Blake
Distinguished Service Professor and director, Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of
Chicago; and Francisco Valdes, Ph.D., professor of law at the University of Miami. Dates, times and locations for
these events are to be determined.
About the Adler Institute on Social Exclusion
The Adler Institute on Social Exclusion is the first of three planned Institutes for Social Change at Adler School of
Professional Psychology, the oldest independent school of psychology in the country. Founded in 2006, the Institute
on Social Exclusion is a nonprofit organization that engages in issues surrounding underserved communities in
American society. The goal of the Institute is to promote equity and access for all to basic rights and opportunities
through applied research, community outreach and public education. For more information, visit
www.adler.edu/about/241AdlerInstituteonSocialExclusion.asp.
About the Adler School of Professional Psychology
The Adler School of Professional Psychology is the oldest independent school of psychology in the country and was
founded in 1952 on the principles of the first community psychologist, Alfred Adler (1870-1937). With campuses in
the heart of downtown Chicago and downtown Vancouver, Adler School is accredited by The Higher Learning
Commission of the North Central Associations of Colleges and Schools and the American Psychological
Association. Adler School produces socially relevant graduates via master's, doctorate and certificate programs
using integrated curricula of psychological studies and social responsibility. For more information, visit
www.adler.edu.
Available for interviews: Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D., Director, Adler Institute on Social Exclusion

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Materia: Psychology; Neurosciences; Nonprofit organizations; Human relations; Conferences;

College professors; Sociology; Social exclusion; Associations; Psychologists

Clasificación: 81391: Business Associations; 62133: Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except
Physicians)

Título: The Adler Institute on Social Exclusion Presents "Social Exclusion: Sociological and
Neuroscience Perspectives"

Autor: Anonymous

Título de publicación: Business Wire; New York

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Año de publicación: 2007

Fecha de publicación: Aug 15, 2007

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