International Health, Disabilities Authority to Speak at UMaine March 30
Contact: Liz DePoy, 581-1469; Alan Parks, 581-1236; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO – International health and disabilities expert Gary Albrecht, a Ph.D. professor emeritus of health policy administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will speak at UMaine Thursday, March 30.
Albrecht’s talk, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Woolley Room of the Doris Twitchell Allen Village on Rangeley Road, is titled “Cross National Disability Policy: Economics, Culture and Citizenship as Components of Social Welfare.”
The lecture is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served and audience members are invited to bring a bag lunch.
Albrecht’s appearance is sponsored by the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies, Maine’s Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service located in Corbett Hall and supported by the University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.
Albrecht specializes in international health and disability issues and social welfare policy. Educated at Fordham, Columbia and Emory universities, he has served on the faculties of Emory and Northwestern universities. He has led international scientific delegations to several countries, including the former Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.
His research covers disability, social welfare and health issues in France, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Iran, Yugoslavia, Kenya and the United States.
Albrecht also will teach a class in the Interdisciplinary Disability Studies Curriculum on Wednesday evening, March 29, and will speak at a breakfast meeting for policy faculty on Thursday.
Additional information about Albrecht’s appearance on campus can be obtained by calling (207) 581-1084 or 800-203-6957 (v/tty). Information also is available on the Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies website at www.ccids.umaine.edu.