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Brandeis University
Office of Alumni Relations
Mailstop 124
P.O. Box 549110
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02454-9110
781-736-4100
800-333-1948
781-736-4101 FAX
office@alumni.brandeis.edu
Page updated: 05/16/06
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Alumni College 2002: Shaping the Future
Friday, June 7, 2002
Class I
9:00 - 10:30 am
A. The Many Faces of Privacy: Contemporary Delimnas
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Mary Davis, Adjunct Associate Professor of American Studies, Brandeis University
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Margaret A. Salinger '82, author of Dream Catcher: A Memoir and daughter of J. D. Salinger
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Privacy is defined not only as the right to be free from intrusion and
interruption, but also as the right to have control over one's personal
information. Exploring what she refers to as the "age of encroachment",
Professor Davis considered issues related to personal, physical, and
informational privacy. Much of the discussion centered on changing legal
standards and cases regarding privacy, especially in family law and libel law.
Ms. Salinger spoke about what she refers to as the ''age of enfranchisement'',
where we as a society increasingly will not tolerate the perpetration and
perpetuation of domestic tyranny and abuse -- what goes on in a "man's castle"
-- in the name of so-called privacy.
B. United We Stand: The Future of U. S.
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race
Lawrence H. Fuchs, Meyer and
Walter Jaffe Professor of American Civilization and Politics, Brandeis
University
Is America really a melting pot, or a boiling pot? After a century of high
levels of immigration and almost thirty years of affirmative action, are
Americans becoming more united- or more divided? Professor Fuchs is the former
executive director of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
(1979-81) and former vice chair of the U. S. Commission on Immigration Reform
(1992-97). A Brandeis faculty member for fifty years, Professor Fuchs is
retiring this year.
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