Hey, brilliant friends! Submit your scholarly, artist, activist, or research projects on embodiment, gender, or disability to the 2025 WGSC Conference, to be held in Madison, WI on April 10-12, 2025. I am supporting the conference thread on disability. consortium.gws.wisc.edu/conference/202…

Calls for contributions_Learning with and from the global South: Emerging insights from decolonial disability work (Deadline for Abstract submission: September 25, 2024) carleton.ca/ddsc/2024/call… #DecolonialDisabilityStudies #disability #decolonial #GlobalSouth

This is cool, but fewer disabled people will be able to go to this because Nassau County, where the museum will be, passed a mask ban.

I'm catching up on things I should've read in grad school but didn't have time for. Reading "'defects:' Engendering the Modern Body" today. What's on your reading list this weekend? #DisabilityStudies #AcademicChatter #DisabilityTwitter

With June Jordan, Audre Lorde + Barbara Smith at the forefront of our minds + in recent pubs we invite you to join us this Thursday, 9/19 @ 7 PM EST for “From the Frontlines: On the Ethics of Care, Accountability, and the Limits of the Coalition.”

SAVE THE DATE: April 22 – 24, 2025 Crip Narratives: Controlling our Stories (Online for now, forever) #IDGS25 #IncludingDisability

I'm so excited about this!! I have over 50 Registrants so far. I love you all I can't wait to work with you!!

Had my students read "Epilepsy and Me" (wellcomecollection.org/series/XjlgkRE…) by Aparna Nair -- by far their favorite work of the semester. Provoked thoughtful discussions about illness, prejudice, violence, and body politics.

Author Licensing Form - signed today! Looking forward to reading everyone else's articles from this Vol 4, Issue 2 of IJDSJ! #DisabilityStudies #Theory

New on the GU Press blog: Introducing Deaf Mobility Studies! Meet the authors and learn more about their groundbreaking MobileDeaf research. gupress.gallaudet.edu/Blog/2024/Intr… Watch the DEAF MOBILITY STUDIES book trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=7ZG_KS…

A sweet memory: 1 yr ago I announced I was a New America National Fellow. Now it's time to meet the Class of 2025 New America Fellows Program! CONGRATS to the 15 immensely talented ppl chosen frm hundreds of applicants. Learn more abt the #2025NAFellows here: newamerica.org/fellows/curren…

Big news! I've received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support early career scholars in the humanities who are doing - or interested in doing - archival research in trans studies. Details and application here: bit.ly/TransHistoryAp… Help me spread the word!

🚨🚨🚨I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Toxic Prisons Mapping Project, Beta - a participatory research initiative to map the environmental hazards faced by prisons, jails, and detention centers. See toxicprisons.com & 🧵 below

Submissions are now open for the Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries taking place in York (UK) in September 2025! Full information available online. Deadline for abstracts: 4th November 2024 enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-conferen…

Job segregation, subminimum wages, employment discrimination and more all contribute to the wage gap for working disabled women. This #DisabledWomensEPD, we’re calling for systemic policy changes from Congress and federal government agencies. npwf.info/4dUsdC0

Ways to improve disabled women's pay: - more enforcement of 504 in higher ed and better transition planning - increase in HCBS funds - Reduction in usage of guardianships and increase in protections - elimination of 14c - Paid family & sick leave #DisabledWomensEPD

If considering options for your #histmed article, explore the benefits of publishing with Social History of Medicine 👇

Apply to UPenn's Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship! A prestigious program aimed at enhancing DEI. - 3 year postdoc - Salary of $66k + $2k increase each yr - Research/travel budget of $7k/year You'll need a Penn mentor to apply. Apps are due Oct. 18 postdocs.upenn.edu/provosts-fello…

One of our research associates, Armineh Soorenian, is setting up a network for academics and researchers with speech impairments. It's important to create spaces for peer support + sharing of experiences - we're very excited for this! Get in touch at [email protected]

#DisabilityJustice resource recommendation: The Black Disabled Woman Syllabus is a fantastic list from Vilissa Thompson of 100+ books, blogs, podcasts, and videos on Blackness, feminism, and disability. This is a living document, so be sure to bookmark it! vilissathompson.com/blog/black-dis…