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University of Wyoming



 

Catherine Connolly, Ph.D., J.D.

    Papers Presented
 

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
“Behind the Scenes,” invited paper for the NWSA Taskforce on Academic Discrimination at the National Women’s Studies Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Student Attitudes Towards Sexual Assault,” paper presented with S. Huzurbazar, J. Kasper, L. Norris at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev.

with C. Rees and S. Huzurbazar, “Effect of Multiple Domestic Violence Contacts with Law Enforcement on the Decision to Arrest” Bureau of Justice Statistics National Conference. Boston, Mass.  [paper presented by C. Rees

“Student Attitudes Towards Sexual Assault,” paper presented with S. Huzurbazar, J. Kasper, L. Norris at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"A Brief History of the Legal Treatment of Gay and Lesbian Parents in US Law," paper presented at the Law and Society Annual meeting, Budapest, Hungary.

with Kris Wooley, "Out in the Cowboy State," paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

"Local Activism," invited participant by the Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

“Part-Time Work and Federal Employment Policy,” presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Ore.

“The Law and Social Change,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Ill.

“Assessing Arrest in Reported Domestic Violence Situations in Wyoming,” presented at the Law and Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.

“Rural Gays and Lesbians in Wyoming,” presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, Ill.

with T. Routh-McGee, "An Examination of Extra-Legal-Factors in Arrest Decisions in Domestic Violence Incidents in Wyoming," presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association annual meeting at Aspen, Colorado.  [Note:  paper presented by co-author T. Routh-McGee due to death in my family]

"The Voice of the Petitioner in Legal Proceedings: Gay and Lesbian Second-Parents," presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, St. Louis Missouri.

"Thinking About Same-Sex Second Parent Adoptions," paper presented at the "Talking Across the Disciplines" conference, Boulder, Colorado.

"The Description of Gay and Lesbian Families in Same-Sex Second-Parent Adoption Cases," presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York.

"Marginally Employed Workers and WARN: An Examination of Sex, Race, and Class in the USA's Plant Closing Notification Law," presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada.

"Dykes, Tykes, and Rights:  Legal and Policy Issues in Lesbian Co-       Parenting," presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Los Angeles, California.

"The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on Labor:  A Comment on the Global Economy and US Anti-Discrimination Employment Policy," presented at the annual meeting of the National Women's Studies Association in Ames, Iowa.

"Hidden Gender Discrimination in the Work Status Distinctions in Federal Labor and Employment Policy," presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Miami, Florida.

"Disparate Impact in the '90's:  The Legacy of Watson v. Fort Worth Bank (1988), Wards Cove Packing v. Antonio (1989) and the Civil Rights Act of 1991," presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association in Chicago, Illinois.

"The Failure of WARN to Warn: Hidden Gender Discrimination in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association in Philadelphia, Pa.

"Public Policy and the Work Family Connection: An Evaluation of Theory," presented at the New York State Women's Studies Association Annual Meeting, Troy, NY.

"The Failure of Traditional Wage Equations to Describe the Earnings of Part-Time Workers," presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Occupational Segregation, Employment Discrimination, and Comparable Worth: The Example of Erie County New York," presented at the "Celebration of Our Work Conference" at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.

"The Use of Multiple Regression Analysis in Employment Discrimination Cases," presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Washington, DC.

"The Detrimental Effects of Bureaucratization," presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Washington, DC.