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Ramapo College Of New Jersey
505 Ramapo Valley Rd
Mahwah, NJ 07430


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Phone: 201-684-7197
Website: http://phobos.ramapo.edu/~jweiss/
e-mail: jweiss@ramapo.edu

 

Office: G-133
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DR. JILLIAN T. WEISS

CONVENER OF LAW AND SOCIETY,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW AND SOCIETY

B.A., Yeshiva U. (1983);
J.D., Seton Hall U. (1986);
Ph.D. Northeastern U. (2004)

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Year Joined RCNJ: 2004

Convening Group:

  • Law & Society

Courses Offered:

  • Introduction to Law and Society, Contemporary Issues in Law and Society, Women and the Law

Teaching Interest:

  • Law and Gender

Research Interest:

  • Transgender Workplace Diversity

Recent 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
  • Weiss, J.T. (2007). The Lesbian Community and FTM Transsexuals: Détente in the Butch/FTM Borderlands.  The Journal of Lesbian Studies 11, 219-227
  • 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
  • Weiss, J.T. (2007). Amid Celebrations of ENDA Victory, Transgender HRC Business Council Members Reluctantly Resign. Echelon Business
  • Weiss, J.T. (2007). Employers of Choice Coming to Terms with Choice of Gender. Echelon Business Magazine.
  • 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.
  • Weiss, J.T. (2005). Adoption of Transgender HR Policies in US Employers. 14 Feb. 2005. HR.com <http://www.hr.com>.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Weiss, J.T.  (2001)  The Gender Caste System: Identity, Privacy and Heteronormativity. Law & Sexuality 10, 123-186. 
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • Weiss, T.J. (1987) The Rise of Modern Judicial Review: From Constitutional Interpretation to Judge-Made Law. Seton Hall Law Review 17, 981-984
  • Weiss, T.J. (1985) The Child Pornography Act of 1984: Child Pornography and the First Amendment. Seton Hall Legislative Journal 9, 327-353. 

Authorship of Encyclopedia Articles:

  • 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)

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