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Peter Blanck

Peter David Blanck (born 1957) is an American academic, psychologist, and lawyer who is the University Professor and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University.[1]

Peter Blanck
Born1957 (age 66–67)
OccupationProfessor
Known forwork on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and on disability law and policy
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Harvard University
Stanford Law School
ThesisChildren's ability to decode discrepant and consistent social communications : learning how, when, and who to decode (1982)
Doctoral advisorRobert Rosenthal
Academic work
InstitutionsSyracuse University
University of Iowa

Early life and education edit

Blanck was born in Elmont, New York in 1957. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Rochester in 1979, and a Ph.D. degree in social psychology from Harvard University in 1982 under the supervision of Robert Rosenthal.[2] In 1981, Blanck was awarded the American Psychological Association’s Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award.[3]

After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University, Blanck earned a J.D. from the Stanford Law School in 1986. Blanck was elected President of the Stanford Law Review.[4] He then served as a law clerk for Carl E. McGowan, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Thereafter, Blanck was a legal associate at the Washington D.C. law firm Covington & Burling.[citation needed]

Academic career edit

Blanck returned to academia in 1990 as an associate professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law, adding a second professorship in psychology there in 1994. In 2002, he was named the Charles M. and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law.[5]

In 2005, Blanck joined Syracuse University as the University Professor.[6] At Syracuse, he is the chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), which reaches around the globe in its efforts to advance the civic, economic, and social participation of people with disabilities with offices in Syracuse New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia, and Lexington, Kentucky.[1]

In 2010, Blanck was appointed as an honorary professor at the Centre for Disability Law & Policy at National University Ireland, Galway.[7]

In 2015, he won the Distinguished Service Award of NARRTC (formerly known as the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers), which is presented to "individuals who have made impressive contributions to the field of disability through research, teaching, service, or advocacy. The Distinguished Service Award is generally given for sustained contributions or an accumulation of life-time achievements. It is the highest recognition conferred by NARRTC."[8]

Works edit

Blanck has written over 200 articles and books about the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws. He has received scores of millions of dollars in grants to study disability law and policy from federal and state entities, and from non-profits and foundations. His recent books include:

Blanck served as an editor for the Cambridge University Press series Disability Law and Policy.[20][21]

Blanck is Chairman of the American Psychological Association, Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP) (2022- ). He serves on the Board of Visitors for the Stanford Law School, at Stanford University. He has served on the National Science Foundation (NSF) Committee of Visitors (COV), for the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES).

Blanck is Chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission (GUDC),[22] and President of Raising the Floor (RtF) USA. He is a former member of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, a former Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program, a former Fellow at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and has been a Mary Switzer Scholar.[23]

Personal life edit

Blanck married Wendy Jo Kislik in 1983.[24] They have four children.[citation needed]

While at Rochester, Blanck lettered in Squash over the four-year period, and was elected team co-captain as a junior and senior. In 2008, he was inducted to the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame.[25]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Curriculum vitae, Syracuse University, retrieved 2020-06-20.
  2. ^ "Publications - Peter Blanck". Law, Health Policy & Disability Center. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  3. ^ American Psychological Association, Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, American Psychological Association, retrieved 2016-08-15.
  4. ^ Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, Syracuse University, retrieved 2016-08-15.
  5. ^ University of Iowa, Peter David Blanck, University of Iowa Law Library, retrieved 2016-08-16.
  6. ^ "Syracuse University, University Professors". Syracuse University Archives. Retrieved 2016-08-15..
  7. ^ National University of Ireland Galway, Centre for Disability Law & Policy, National University Ireland, Galway, retrieved 2016-08-17.
  8. ^ BBI Chairman Peter Blanck to Receive 2015 National Distinguished Disability Service Award, Southeast ADA Center, May 1, 2015, retrieved 2016-08-15.
  9. ^ Disability Law and Policy, Foundation Press, 2020, retrieved 2020-06-20.
  10. ^ Supported Decision-Making: From Justice for Jenny to Justice for All, Independently published, 2019, ISBN 978-1693400254.
  11. ^ Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Martinis, Jonathan; Blanck, Peter (2019), Supported Decision-Making: Theory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781108633314, ISBN 9781108633314, S2CID 149935504, retrieved 2020-06-20.
  12. ^ Logue, Larry M.; Blanck, Peter (2018), Heavy Laden: Union Veterans, Psychological Illness, and Suicide, Cambridge University Press, doi:10.1017/9781316459782, ISBN 9781316459782, S2CID 187654220, retrieved 2020-06-20.
  13. ^ e-Quality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by People with Cognitive Disabilities, Cambridge University Press, 2014, retrieved 2016-08-24.
  14. ^ Routledge Handbook of Disability Law and Human Rights, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2017, retrieved 2016-09-15.
  15. ^ Genetic Discrimination–Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015, retrieved 2016-08-24.
  16. ^ Bruyere, Susanne M. (2013), "People with Disabilities: Sidelined or Mainstreamed?", British Journal of Industrial Relations, 52 (3): 607–608, doi:10.1111/bjir.12070.
  17. ^ Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Analysis of Federal Law, LRP Publications, 2013, retrieved 2016-08-24.
  18. ^ Disability Civil Rights Law and Policy, American Casebook Series, 2013, ISBN 978-0314279767.
  19. ^ Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America, Cambridge University Press, 2013, retrieved 2016-08-24.
  20. ^ Blanck, Peter; Malloy, Robin. Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series. Cambridge University Press.
  21. ^ "NIDRR Presents: The Right to Web Equality for People with Cognitive Disabilities". National Rehabilitation Information Center. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  22. ^ Blanck, Peter. "Global Universal Design Commission". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  23. ^ Blanck, Peter. "Disaster Mitigation for Persons with Disabilities". The Center for an Accessible Society. Retrieved June 4, 2015
  24. ^ New York Times announcement, Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  25. ^ "Athletics and Recreation : University of Rochester". Retrieved 2017-02-02.
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