Michelle A. Travis

University of San Francisco - School of Law

Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship

2130 Fulton Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

United States

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1.

Lashing Back at the ADA Backlash: How the Americans with Disabilities Act Benefits Americans without Disabilities

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 76, Winter 2009, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2008-03
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 25 May 2008 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2008
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 481 (57,813)

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employment discrimination, disability

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What a Difference a Day Makes, or Does It? Work/Family Balance and the Four-Day Work Week

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2010, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-24
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 23 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2010
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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work/family balance, employment law, four-day work week

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Disabling the Gender Pay Gap: Lessons from the Social Model of Disability

Denver Law Journal, 2014, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2014-12
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2015
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 388 (74,953)

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Title VII, sex discrimination, social model, civil rights, disparate impact, employment law, disability law, pay gap, pay inequality, pay equity, gender

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Impairment as Protected Status: A New Universality for Disability Rights

Georgia Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2012, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2011-32
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 24 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2012
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 303 (99,060)

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ADA Amendments Act of 2008, ADAAA, disability, civil rights, protected class, impairment, universality, minority status

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Recapturing the Transformative Potential of Employment Discrimination Law

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 3, 2005
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 290 (103,951)

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Employment discrimination

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Telecommuting: The Escher Stairway of Work/Family Conflict

Maine Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2002
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2005
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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work/family, telecommuting, telework, discrimination

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Perceived Disabilities, Social Cognition, and 'Innocent' Mistakes

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 55, p. 481, 2002, Stanford/Yale Jr. Faculty Forum Paper No. 01-18
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 17 Aug 2001
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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Equality in the Virtual Workplace

Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, Vol. 24, p. 283, 2003
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 23 Nov 2005
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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The Future of Work-Family Policy: Is 'Choice' the Right Choice?

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 13, 2009, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2010-16
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2010
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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The Part and Parcel of Impairment Discrimination

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-14
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2013
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 203 (148,780)

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Americans with Disabilities Act, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, disability, employment discrimination, antidiscrimination, impairment, impairment discrimination, symptoms, mitigating measures, protected class

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Gendering Disability to Enable Disability Rights Law

105 California Law Review 837 (2017), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2016-11
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2017
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 177 (168,701)

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gender, social identity, disability, disability rights, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, discrimination, social model of disability, workplace design, definition of disability, major life activity, masculine norms

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Disqualifiying Universality Under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act

Michigan State Law Review, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2015-17
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2015
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, disabilities, essential job functions, otherwise qualified, workplace, employment, discrimination, civil rights, stereotypes

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Leveling the Playing Field or Stacking the Deck? The Unfair Advantage Critique of Perceived Disability Claims

North Carolina Law Review, Vol 78, 2000
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 15 Nov 2005
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
Downloads 149 (195,396)
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ADA, disability discrimination

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The PDA's Causation Effect: Observations of an Unreasonable Woman

Yale Journal of Law & Feminism, Forthcoming, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2009-23
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 May 2009 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2009
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act, employment discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, sex discrimination

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Toward Positive Equality: Taking the Disparate Impact Out of Disparate Impact Theory

Lewis & Clark Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2012, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2012-15
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2012
Michelle A. Travis
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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employment discrimination, antidiscrimination law, disparate impact, social groups, group-conscious approach, practice-conscious approach, Mark Kelman, positive equality