Welcome

Shari Miles, Ph.D. 
SPSSI Executive Director

Remarks

Representative Diane Watson 

Remarks 

Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Overview of the Program and Introduction of the Presenters

Shari Miles

Overview of Understanding the Harm of  Hate Crime

Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino, Ph.D., Issue Co-Editor, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Bridgewater State College

Historical Overview

Brian Levin, J.D., Issue Contributor, Professor of Criminal Justice & Director, Center on Hate and Extremism, California State University

Research on the Experiences of Being the Target of Hate Speech 

Laura Beth Nielsen, Ph.D., J.D., Issue Contributor, Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Research on Bias Motivated Offenders 

Ed Dunbar, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, & Pacific Psychological Associates

The Terrapin Reading Society

Phyllis Peres, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of Maryland at College Park

Legislative Responses to Hate Violence

Michael Lieberman, J.D., Washington Counsel & Director, Civil Rights Policy Planning Center, Anti-Defamation League

Questions from the Audience