Professor Osamudia James recently presented at a conference, “An Uncomfortable Conversation: The Universal and the Particular Vulnerability and Identities II,” co-sponsored by Miami Law and Emory School of Law. Professor James spoke on “Race as Resilience.” Professor James writes and teaches in the areas of Education Law, Race and the Law, Administrative Law, and Torts. Her scholarship explores the interaction of law and identity in the context of public education, and some of her more recent work includes "White Like Me: The Diversity Rationale's Negative Impact on White Identity Formation," published in the New York University Law Review, and "Opt-Out Education: School Choice as Racial Subordination," published in the Iowa Law Review. She is a co-recipient of the 2014 Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award, and was named in April to Lawyers of Color's 50 Under 50 List.