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Teaching Resources
Good pedagogy can transform a students’ relationship with higher education. Accessible pedagogy and experiential learning helped me thrive in my undergraduate studies. These approaches helped me adapt to the classroom as a first-generation and disabled student. I’m committed to doing the same for my students now that I’m on the other side of the classroom. I believe that educators should be debating, relearning, and revising their praxis to reflect best approaches. I regularly advise on universal design for learning, experiential learning, and mastery-based grading. I’ve also advised on practices for supporting graduate students in their roles as both students and educators.
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Popular Media & Writing
I’ve spoken frequently about my own experiences as a disabled individual. I regularly write on disability rights issues including funding cuts, healthcare access, and assisted suicide. If you’re a reporter who’s seen my social media threads, feel free to reach out for more detailed commentary.
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Public History
I fervently believe that reading history can help us understand the current challenges we face. I’m committed to making sure that my research and my expertise is accessible to the public. If you find any of my research paywalled, please reach out for copies of my work. Below, you can find magazine and blog writing, along with public reading lists.
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Speaking
I have been incredibly privileged to speak about disability history and disability justice before numerous stakeholders. I regularly consult with companies, universities, archives, and nonprofits. In recent years, I’ve spoken to coordinators of graduate programs, medical students, government workers, and K-12 educators. Below, find a list of recent workshops and keynotes. Please see my CV for a more comprehensive list.
‘Maybe Grad School Isn’t Right for you’: Inaccessibility and the Graduate Experience
Fighting for Disability Rights: Past, Present, and Future
Uncovering Disability History in the Archives
Patient Advocacy and Provider Praxis: Trusting and Working with Disabled Patients
Co-Constructing Accessibility Plans with Your Students
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Disabled Academic Collective
I founded the Disabled Academic Collective on July 17, 2020 after a particularly alienating period of graduate school. As a collective, the DAC acknowledges that academic ableism is pervasive in higher education around the globe. Ableism deeply affects disabled students and bars them from accessing and thriving in the academy.
Made up of more than 950 members, the DAC offers a safe community space for disabled undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and independent scholars. DAC social media accounts, along with the DAC website, offer resources for non-disabled allies. Disabled community members may also apply for membership to our private Discord server, where we foster support for disabled academics. We host writing groups, coffee drop in hours, skill share workshops, and asynchronous community chats.