Disability Law and Policy Program faculty and Staff 

Arlene S. Kanter
Professor of Law
Director, College of Law Disability Law and Policy Program
Co-Director, SU Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
Laura J. and L.Douglas Meredith Professor
B.A., Trinity College
J.D., New York University
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center 

Donna E. Arzt
Professor of Law
Dean's Distinguished Research Scholar
Director, Center for Global Law & Practice
B.A., Brandeis University
J.D., Harvard University
LL.M., Columbia University

Sanjay K. Chhablani
Assistant Professor of Law
B.A. University of Chicago
J.D. Yale Law School

Richard A. Ellison
Professor of Law
B.B.A., City College of New York
LL.B., St. John's University

Carrie Garrow
Executive Director, Center for Indigenous Law, Governance & Citizenship
A.B.,Dartmouth College
M.P.P., Harvard University 
J.D.,Stanford University

M. Louise Lantzy
Professor of Law
B.S., Pennsylvania State College
M.L.S., Drexel University
J.D., Syracuse University

Janis McDonald
Associate Professor
B.A., George Washington University
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law
LL.M.,Yale Law School

Mary Helen McNeal
Professor of Law
Director of Clinical Education
B.A., Georgetown University
J.D., University of Maryland

Suzette M. Melendez
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Children's Rights and Family Law Clinic
B.A. from State University of New York at Binghamton
J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law 

Robert G. Nassau
Adjunct Professor
Co-Director, Low Income Tax Payer Clinic
B.A., Yale University
J.D., Harvard University

Sarah H. Ramsey
Professor of Law
B.A., Duke University
M.A., J.D., University of North Carolina
LL.M., University of Michigan

Michael A. Schwartz 
Assistant Professor of Law
Director, Disability Rights Clinic
B.A., Brandeis University
M.A., Northwestern University 
J.D., New York University Law School
LL.M., Columbia University Law School
Ph.D., Syracuse University 

Wendy E. Scott
Assistant Director for Faculty and Outreach Services 
B.A., Marietta College
M.L.S., Syracuse University

Legal Program Coordinator

Rebecca Russo
Phone: (315-443-2926)
Email: rnrusso@law.syr.edu
B.A., Brandeis University
J.D., Syracuse University College of Law

Affiliated Faculty and Staff



SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY AND STAFF

Louise C. Wilkinson
Dean and Professor of Education
B.A., Oberlin College
Ed.M., Harvard University
Ed.D., Harvard University

Steven Taylor
Professor of Cultural Foundations of Education 
Director of the Center on Human Policy, and the Research and Training Center on Community Integration
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Douglas Biklen
Professor of Cultural Foundations, and Teaching and Leadership; 
Director of the Facilitated Communication Institute
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Beth Ferri
Associate Professor
Ph. D., University of Georgia



SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK FACULTY AND STAFF

Nancy R. Mudrick
Professor and Director
Social Work 
Ph.D., Heller School Brandeis University



MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS FACULTY AND STAFF

Robert C. Bogdan
Distinguished Professor
Sociology and Cultural Foundations of Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University

 *For a complete list of faculty and staff affiliated with the Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies, please see Core and Affiliated Faculty.