Affiliated Faculty & Staff
Students study with award-winning affiliated faculty from the School of Education, College of Human Economy, Maxwell School, College of Arts and Sciences, and Newhouse School of Public Communications.
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
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
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
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
Affiliated Faculty and Staff
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY AND STAFF
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
*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.
Disability Law & Public Policy Program
- The Program Director
- Affiliated Faculty & Staff
- Disability Law & Policy Certificate Programs
- Joint Degree Programs
- Courses
- Disability Rights Clinic
- Speakers & Conferences
- Disability Law Society
- Research Guides & Resources
- Careers in Disability Law & Policy
- Alumni News





