Join us at noon on Fri Oct 11; Wed Oct 23; Fri Nov 8

The UW Disability Studies Program invites you to attend these Fall 2019 brown bag seminars:

Friday, Oct 11, 12pm-1:30pm

Mary Gates Hall 024

“Disabled Community in the Writing Process”

UW graduate students: Sarah Arvey, Jordan Taitingfong, Cindy Bennett, Sayaka Omori, Gina Tesoriero 

Abstract:  As part of the disabled community at University of Washington, we gathered for a four day writing retreat.  Throughout the retreat we engaged in creative processing methods and writing schedules and accountability based on our individual needs.  In our presentation we will discuss challenges of creating an anti-ableist space in an ableist institution, as well as the importance and support we experienced in a disabled community and the positive impact it has on our work.
 
Jordan Taitingfong is a PhD student in special education.  After years as a special education teacher, she entered graduate school with a focus on the intersections of race and disability and critical literacy in early childhood education.  Her classroom and research center joy and connection in classroom communities.
Sayaka Omori is a PhD candidate in the Learning Sciences.  She focuses on access and advocacy in special education for Japanese immigrant families.  She is currently designing a Manga that attends to the cultural disconnect of US special education services and the experience of Japanese immigrant families.      
Gina Tesoriero is a PhD candidate in the Learning Sciences.  Her passion is in culturally relevant and inclusive practices in STEM education. She recently moved to NY to support teachers implementation of making and design curriculum that builds inclusive classroom communities. 
Cindy Bennett is a PhD candidate in Human Centered Design and Engineering.  From lived experiences, scholarship, and activism, she offers conceptual orientations and accessible practices aimed at fostering conditions for equal participation by, and recognition of, people with disabilities in design fields.  
Sarah Arvey is a PhD student in special education.  She is interested in the intersection of racial justice and disability rights, particularly in movements for inclusive classroom and school communities.  She is currently working on a project that brings disability history and identity into teacher training and K-12 classrooms.

Wednesday, Oct 23, 12pm-1:30pm

Mary Gates Hall 024

Undergraduate research & community engagement panel:

  • “We are Feminists: Making it Work at Humanity & Inclusion,” Rebecca Andrews, LSJ major (mentor Megan McCloskey)
  • “Disability, Ageing, and Development Study Abroad in Jamaica,” Early Fall 2019 LSJ study abroad students (instructors Stephen Meyers & Megan McCloskey)
  • “Starting a Nonprofit: Thurston County Inclusion,” Natalie Stagnone, Neuroscience and Disability Studies majors (mentor Heather D. Evans)

Friday, Nov 8, 12pm-1pm

Location: TBA

“International and Local Interface of Disability Rights Movement in China”

Shixin Huang, PhD candidate, Jackson School for International Studies

 

Accessibility information

We have requested CART captioning and ASL interpretation for all of these talks. If you have questions, please contact Joanne Woiak, jwoiak@uw.edu

We thank the UW D Center for again hosting these DS events!