SUMMARY:

 

I.                 Educational Degrees

Ph.D., J.D. and B.A.

 

II.                                Professional Work Experience

20 plus years in law, academia and business consulting. Currently Associate Professor of Law and Society at Ramapo College. Area of research: Transgender policy

 

III.                       Scholarship

Over 50 publications, presentations and other scholarly credentials on transgender issues

 

IV.                       Consulting Services

Engaged by large corporations and public agencies as an expert on transgender policy issues

 

V.              Pro Bono Services

Expert advisor for non-profit organizations regarding transgender issues

 

VI.                       Media Interviews

Interviewed as an expert on transgender issues in a variety of media sources

 

VII.                    Professional Associations

Member of Society for Human Resources Management, Law and Society Association, and Co-chair of Law and Society Association’s Collaborative Research Network on Teaching in Law and Society.

 

             I.      EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Degree                        Institution                                Subject                                     Date

Ph.D.                           Northeastern University          Law, Policy & Society            2004

J.D.                              Seton Hall Law School           Law                                         1986

B.A.                            Yeshiva University                 Greek & Latin                         1983

 

          II.      PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Convening Chair of Law        Ramapo College of NJ                        2008-Present

& Society Department                        Mahwah, NJ               

                                               

Associate Professor                 Ramapo College of NJ                        2007-Present

of Law and Society                Mahwah, NJ

 

Assistant Professor                 Ramapo College of NJ                        2004-2007

of Law and Society                Mahwah, NJ

 

Teaching Fellow                      Northeastern University                      2001-2003

Department of Law, Policy

& Society, Boston, MA         

 

Attorney                                  Traub, Eglin, Lieberman                     1999-2000

                                                & Straus

Hawthorne, NY

 

Executive                                Sullivan & Cromwell                          1998-1999

Assistant                                 New York, NY

 

Attorney                                  Law Offices of  Todd J. Weiss           1994-1998

New York, NY          

 

Attorney                                  Jones, Hirsch, Connors                       1992-1994

& Bull

New York, NY          

                       

Attorney                                  Kroll & Tract                                       1990-1992

New York, NY          

 

Attorney                                  Dewey & LeBoeuf                             1987-1989

Newark, NJ

 

Attorney                                  Porzio, Bromberg & Newman            1985-1987

                                                Morristown, NJ

 

III. Scholarship

1. Publications

Weiss, J.T. (2007). Transgender Workplace Diversity: Policy Tools, Training Issues and Communication Strategies for HR and Legal Professionals. Booksurge Publishing: North Charleston, South Carolina

This book provides guidelines for professionals in human resources, diversity and law who are faced with issues of transgender inclusion in the workplace, including transgender basics, gender identity law, policy issues regarding gender transition planning, bathrooms and dressing rooms, dress codes, identification and records changes and health benefits, as well as sample gender transition guidelines. This is one of the only books currently available on the subject.

 

Weiss, J.T. (2007). The Lesbian Community and FTM Transsexuals: Détente in the Butch/FTM Borderlands.  The Journal of Lesbian Studies 11, 219-227

This article discusses the relationship between FTM (female-to-male) transsexual identity, and lesbian and gay identities.

 

Weiss, J.T. (2007). The Lesbian Community and FTM Transsexuals: Détente in the Butch/FTM Borderlands. In  Giffney, Noreen (Ed.), Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies. Binghamton, New York: Harrington Park Press

The above article was chosen to be reprinted as a chapter in a book on lesbian studies, edited by Dr. Noreen Giffney, Ph.D., a professor at University College, Dublin, Ireland, and published by a well-known social science publisher, Harrington Park Press.

 

Weiss, J.T. (2007). Employers of Choice Coming to Terms with Choice of Gender. Echelon Business Magazine

The above article was solicited by a national business magazine to address transgender transition issues in the workplace.

 

Weiss, J.T. (2007). Ms. Etiquette and the Transgender Employee: Is Nothing Private Any More? In Harris, Mark and Howe, Cymene (Eds.), 21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education and Rights.. New York: Routledge.

This article, which discusses privacy issues involved in gender transition in the workplace, was chosen to be printed as a chapter in a book on modern sexuality issues, edited by two researchers from the National Sexuality Resource Center of the Human Sexuality Studies Program at San Francisco State University.

 

Weiss, J.T. (2005). Adoption of Transgender HR Policies in US Employers. 14 Feb. 2005. HR.com <http://www.hr.com>.

This article discusses the number and type of U.S. employers that have adopted transgender policies.

 

Weiss, J.T.  (2004) GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia in the U.S. Lesbian and Gay Community.  Journal of Bisexuality 3, 25-55

This article discusses the contentious social and historical relationship within and among the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities in the United States.

 

Weiss, J.T.  (2004) GL vs. BT: The Archaeology of Biphobia and Transphobia in the U.S. Lesbian and Gay Community. In Alexander, Jonathan and Yescavage, Karen (Eds.), Bisexuality and Transgenderism: InterSEXions of the Others.  Binghamton, New York: Harrington Park Press

The above article was chosen to be reprinted as a chapter in a book on bisexuality and transgenderism, edited by Dr. Jonathan Alexander, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Cincinnati, and Dr. Karen Yescavage, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Colorado, and published by a highly-regarded social science publisher, Harrington Park Press.  

 

Weiss, J.T. (2002) Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution and the Courts, by Judge Richard Posner.  Bimonthly Review of Law Books 12, 21-30

 

This article reviews a book written by Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the constitutional issues raised during the 2000 U.S. Presidential election.

 

Weiss, J.T.  (2001)  The Gender Caste System: Identity, Privacy and Heteronormativity. Law & Sexuality 10, 123-186.  

This article proposes that the right to privacy in U.S. constitutional law creates a right to determine one’s gender identity despite governmental regulations to the contrary.

 

Weiss, T.J.  (1994)  The Exception to the Exclusion In Liability Insurance Contracts Through A Procedural Lens. Washburn Law Journal 33, 364-382; reprinted in National Insurance Law Review 7:399-420.

This article examines how to interpret insurance contracts that contain potentially confusing exceptions to exclusions.

 

Weiss, T.J. (1993) A Natural Law Approach to Remedies for the Liability Insurer's Breach of the Duty to Defend: Is Estoppel of Coverage Defenses Just? Albany Law Review 57, 145-167 (1993)

This article analyzes a little-known rule that requires insurance companies to pay liability claims despite lack of coverage if they have incorrectly refused to pay for a defense of their policyholder.

 

Weiss, T.J. (1987) The Rise of Modern Judicial Review: From Constitutional Interpretation to Judge-Made Law. Seton Hall Law Review 17, 981-984

This article reviews a book by Professor Christopher Wolfe of Marquette University regarding the political and legal history of the constitutional doctrine of judicial review.

 

Weiss, T.J. (1985) The Child Pornography Act of 1984: Child Pornography and the First Amendment. Seton Hall Legislative Journal 9, 327-353. 

This article reviews a law against child pornography, and suggests that the First Amendment freedom of speech provides no defense to child pornographers.

 

2. Work in Progress

Article,“Sex and the Supreme Court:  Transgender Protections in Title VII”

This article of approximately 50 pages reviews the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and discusses whether the U.S. Supreme Court will side with lower courts that have held discrimination against transgender employees to be “sex discrimination” under that Act.

 

3. Authorship of Encyclopedia Articles

Encyclopedia Title	Article Title	Publisher and Date
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition	Heteronormative	MacMillan Press (2008)
LGBTQ America Today Encyclopedia	Employment Law	Greenwood Press (2008)

 

LGBTQ America Today Encyclopedia	Transgender Rights	Greenwood Press (2008)
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice	LGBT Movement	SAGE Publications (2007)
Sexuality: An Essential Glossary	Trans	Oxford University Press/ Hodder Arnold (2004)
Sexuality: An Essential Glossary	Transman	Oxford University Press/ Hodder Arnold (2004)
Sexuality: An Essential Glossary	Transwoman	Oxford University Press/ Hodder Arnold (2004)
Sexuality: An Essential Glossary	Genderqueer	Oxford University Press/ Hodder Arnold (2004)
Sexuality: An Essential Glossary	Hypersexualized	Oxford University Press/ Hodder Arnold (2004)

 

4. Doctoral Dissertation

"The Cutting Edge of Employment Diversity: Transgender Human Resources Policies in U.S. Employers."  Diss. Northeastern U. 2004

In my dissertation, I conducted intensive interviews with 43 officials and employees who were involved with the adoption of transgender policies at 33 organizations.  These interviews suggest that leading-edge companies are responding to an increase in minority demographics, a shrinking labor market and a perception of increased competition for talent.

 

5. Manuscript Reviewer for Book and Journal Editors

2007. “Law: Its Nature, Functions and Limits,” book reviewed for Wolters Kluwer Law and Business Publications

 

2007. “Seeking Refuge Under the Umbrella: Inclusion, Exclusion and Organizing Within the Category Transgender,” article reviewed for a special issue of Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of the National Sexuality Research Center, entitled “The State We’re In: Locations of Coercion and Resistance in Trans Policy.”

 

2007. “Talking, Gawking, or Getting It Done: Provider Trainings to Increase Cultural and Clinical Competence for Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Patients and Clients,” article reviewed for a special issue of Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of the National Sexuality Research Center, entitled “The State We’re In: Locations of Coercion and Resistance in Trans Policy.”

 

2006. “Social Problems: A Brief Introduction, 2d edition,” book reviewed for Prentice Hall

 

2006. “Refraining from Desire: Trish Salah’s “Ghazals in Fugue” article reviewed for Canadian Poetry

 

2006. “Fragmented Identities, Frustrated Politics: Transsexuals, Lesbians and Queers” article reviewed for The Journal of Lesbian Studies

 

2005. “You Don’t Sound Chinese: Life as a Corporate Coolie” book reviewed for Northeastern University Press

 

6. Research Grants

2006-2007 Ramapo SBR Grant for the “Transgender Employment Diversity Support Project”

 

2007 Ramapo Foundation Grant for the “Transgender Employment Diversity Support Project”

 

7. Indexed Blog

My Transgender Workplace Diversity blog, located on the internet at http://transworkplace.blogspot.com/, discusses transgender workplace issues.  It  has been selected for indexing by both Lexis/Nexis, a legal publishing company, and Newstex Corporation, a syndicator of business blogs. 

 

8. Outside Reviewer for Doctoral Dissertation Committee

I was asked by the State University of New York at Binghamton to be an outside reviewer for a doctoral dissertation committee, whose task was to review the doctoral dissertation of Ph.D. Candidate Megan E. Davidson, entitled “Transgender Cultural Activism in the United States,” and to participate in an oral examination of the candidate.  Date of Defense: April 24, 2007

 

9. Conference Presentations
2007	Relationships between Transgender Non-Discrimination Law and Corporate Policies, Research Presentation	Law and Society Association Conference, Berlin, Germany
2007	Transgender Workplace Diversity Workshops for Human Resources and Legal Professionals, Conference organizer and Principal Speaker	Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
2007	“Including and Engaging people who are transgender and bisexual in business organizations,” Keynote Speaker	Northwest Diversity Learning Series, Seattle, WA
2006	“Balancing Professional Education with the Liberal Arts,” Expert Panel Discussant	Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
2006	“The Transgender Bathroom Issue,” Research Presentation	Translating Identity National Conference, University of Vermont
2006	"Dangerous Discussions in the Classroom,” Expert Panel Discussant	State of the Africana Professoriate Conference, Ramapo College
2005	“Teaching the Canon in Law and Society,” Expert Panel Discussant	Collaborative Research Network on Teaching Law and Society, Law and Society Association National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2005	“Gender Identity and Identity Regulation in the 21st Century Workplace,” Research presentation	Law and Society Association National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2005	“Transgender Workplace Issues,” Research presentation	Trans Justice National Conference, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York
2005	“Social Change and Justice: Who’s Making Decisions? Is There an Agenda?” Expert Panel Discussant	Trans Justice National Conference, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York
2005	“Transgender Policies Specific to Large Corporations,” Research presentation	Translating Identity National Conference, University of Vermont
2004	“From Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) to Grutter v. Bollinger (2003): The Supreme Court and the Legal History of Educational Diversity in the US,” Research presentation	Colloquium, School of Social Science and Human Services, Ramapo College
2004	“Sex At Work: Transgender Policies in U.S. Employers,” Research presentation	Colloquium, School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College
2004	“Sex At Work: Transgenders in the U.S. Workplace,” Research presentation	Translating Identity National Conference, University of Vermont
2004	“Legal Implications of the Patriot Act,” Research presentation	Teach-In, R-CORE, Ramapo College

 

IV.             CONSULTING SERVICES

 

Through my consulting firm, Jillian T. Weiss & Associates, I have worked with private organizations and public agencies to address transgender workplace issues.  I have been engaged to provide expertise in drafting transgender policy, to train managers and co-workers in how to apply and abide by those policies in the workplace, to assist in planning gender transitions on the job, and to create communication strategies to address client and customer concerns.

 

2006	HSBC Engaged to provide expertise in drafting transgender policy and training managers and co-workers in transgender policy applications and client communications strategy	HSBC is an $87 billion financial services organization, one of the largest and oldest in the world, with 330,000 employees in 9,500 offices worldwide.
2006	NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES Engaged to create and provide expertise in providing training in transgender policy applications to 300 shelter staff	The DHS is the largest homeless services public agency in the world.
2006	KPMG Engaged to provide expertise in drafting transgender policy, providing training to managers and co-workers in transgender policy applications, and client communications strategy	KPMG is a $20 billion accounting firm that provides Audit, Tax and Advisory services in 144 countries, with 100,000 employees worldwide.
2005	BERGEN COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY Engaged to provide expertise in drafting transgender policy, training of managers in transgender policy applications, and gender transition planning	The BCUA provides waste management services for the 900,000 residents of Bergen County, New Jersey
2005	VIACOM Engaged to provide expertise in training human resources managers in general transgender policy issues	Viacom is a $13 billion entertainment company that owns MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and other premier entertainment properties, with about 10,000 employees.
2004	THE BOEING COMPANY Engaged to provide expertise in drafting transgender policy, and creating and providing training to human resources managers in transgender policy applications and gender transition planning	Boeing is a $2 billion aerospace company that manufacturers aircraft and defense technologies, with about 160,000 employees worldwide.
2004	WORKLAB CONSULTING GROUP Engaged to provide expertise to firm’s clients in drafting transgender policy, creating and providing training to human resources managers in transgender policy applications, gender transition planning and client communication strategies	Worklab Consulting Group is a small business management consulting firm with a wide range of business clients

 

 

 

 

 

 

V.                PRO BONO SERVICES

2008	HARVARD UNIVERSITY Office of University Administration Requested to aid in developing guidelines regarding Harvard's inclusion of gender identity as a prohibited basis for discrimination	Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
2008