Leading Scholar of Gay Rights Joins Faculty

Carlisle, PA (January 3, 2004) — Professor Carlos Ball is widely acclaimed as one of the nation's most important emerging scholars of gay rights.

His recent book, The Morality of Gay Rights: An Exploration in Political Philosophy, published by Routledge in 2003, already is having a significant impact on academic and public discourse concerning gay rights issues. In The Morality of Gay Rights, Professor Ball assesses the connection between gay rights and broader questions of law and morality.

Professor Ball, who also writes in the area of disability law and property, joined the faculty of Penn State Dickinson in June 2003. Previously, he was a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, a trial attorney with the New York Legal Aid Society, and Special Counsel for HIV & Tuberculosis Policy for the New York City Department of Health.