Disability Studies Opportunities
Disability Studies Learning Community:
The Women's Studies Consortium is interested in using its infrastructure to support the development of a Disability Studies Learning Community across the UW System. We are collecting contacts for faculty and academic staff across the UW system with an interest in Disability Studies. Participants who would be interested in starting a list serve, sharing resources, scholarship, and promoting development opportunities around curriculum, scholarship, teaching, and learning are invited to send their contact information, ideas for such a group, and particular interest areas to Helen Klebesadel at hklebesadel@uwsa.edu
New Disability Issues Lecture Series Announced
UW-Eau Claire
First Lecture:
Jonathan Friesen: "Do No Harm: When Good Intentions Have Harmful Results"
Oct. 22, 4:00 PM in Room 100 of Hibbard Hall
The author of a book about growing up with Tourette syndrome will be the first speaker in a new annual lecture series on disability issues at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Schneider Disability Issues Forum recently was established by Dr. Katherine Schneider, a UW-Eau Claire counselor emerita, through a gift to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation.
Jonathan Friesen, author of "Jerk, California," will discuss his childhood experiences with Tourette syndrome and the harmful and healing power of educators.
Friesen, an award-winning author, speaker and writing coach, received the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome late in life. TS or its symptoms also affect several members of his family. "Jerk, California" was the 2009 winner of the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award for books dealing with disability issues. Friesen has taught in traditional and special education classrooms and in university settings for the past 15 years. He currently serves on the board of the Minnesota Tourette Syndrome Association and is a national speaker on disability issues.
Schneider ,who wrote her own book relating her experiences as a blind person, "To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities," and who worked in Counseling Services at UW-Eau Claire for 14 years, established the speaker series to help people understand accessibility issues for people who have disabilities. "Establishing this disability issues forum is a way to expand on the educating I was able to do while working at the university," Schneider said."I'm thrilled that we were able to garner an award-winning author for our first speaker." Friesen will visit Eau Claire public schools as part of the Authors in the Schools program Oct. 23 and will speak at the 10th annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival Oct. 24. The lecture is co-sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire's department of education studies, Services for Students with Disabilities and the UW-Eau Claire Foundation. More information about Friesen is available online at www.jonathanfriesen.com. For more information on how to support the lecture series and/or disability services at UW-Eau Claire, call Kimera Way, executive director of UW-Eau Claire Foundation, at 715-835-5180 or visit www@uwec.edu/fndn/disabilities.htm.
Announcing
34th annual interdisciplinary Wisconsin Women's Studies and
5th annual UW System LGBTQ Conference
Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future: The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality
April 16-17, 2010
Proposals due October 23, 2009
UW-Whitewater
Bringing together academics, teachers, students, community leaders, activists, and others, the gathering is co-sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Women's Studies Program and three UW System offices: the Women's Studies Consortium; the Institute on Race and Ethnicity; and the Inclusivity Initiative. The conference organizers seek proposals addressing research, scholarship, program development, pedagogy, curriculum, and/or community activism in the fields of Womenís, Racial/Ethnic, and LGBTQ Studies. A general focus on intersecting diversity issues and identities, as well as emerging and effective educational and organizational practices/processes, is encouraged. Best practices and case studies suitable for replication (or to be avoided) are especially welcome, especially as they relate to the educational advancement of our students and to the fields of Women's Studies, Racial/Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies and/or Disability Studies. Presentations that represent approaches to topics which are collaborative, cooperative, diverse, interdisciplinary, and inter-generational are encouraged. Go here for more information: http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/wsc/form.php
Call for Proposals:
The President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Madison, Wisconsin
April 29 - May 1, 2010
Proposals due November 4, 2009
UW System faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for the President’s Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, a conference to be held April 29-May 1, 2010, at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. The Summit is being co-sponsored by the Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative, Institute on Race and Ethnicity (IRE), Women & Science Program, Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC), Women’s Studies Consortium (WSC), and the UW System Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rebecca Martin.
The President’s Summit will bring together over 200 faculty and staff across disciplines to demonstrate the UW System’s commitment to excellence in higher education during tough economic times. Replacing or expanding upon several smaller annual spring conferences, the Summit will provide a forum in which to recognize, acknowledge, and share the expertise of faculty and academic staff who excel at teaching, value learning, and are committed to sharing their experience, knowledge, practice, and scholarship. The intentional relationships among teaching, learning, and making excellence inclusive will be highlighted throughout this event.
In addition to keynote addresses by UW System President Kevin Reilly and others, the Summit will feature plenary and concurrent sessions on: curricular transformation and the scholarship of teaching and learning across the disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Global and International Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Professional Studies, Social Sciences and STEM areas. Designed to advance Inclusive Excellence, the UW System’s planning process for greater diversity, equity and inclusion, the Summit will showcase presentations focused on: Inclusive Pedagogies in disability studies, race and ethnic studies, women, gender and sexuality studies, and socioeconomic status across the curriculum; Emerging and Effective Technologies in the classroom; and High Impact Practices, those educationally effective practices that include collaborative assignments and projects, writing-intensive courses, first-year seminars, undergraduate student-faculty research, learning communities, international studies, community-based and service learning, internships, and capstone courses and projects.
Proposals in all these areas are invited from UW System faculty, instructional staff, and students with faculty/staff sponsorship. Presentation formats will include papers, panels, café-style and round table-discussions, workshops, and poster sessions. In addition, the Summit will provide opportunities for working and constituent groups from throughout the UW System to convene, including, for example, the IRE Advisory Committee, SAGLA, Compass Teams, the Women & Science Program, and others.
Please submit your proposal to present or to convene a working group by November 4th, 2009, to: http://www.uwsa.edu/vpacad/summit/proposals.htm Confirmations regarding accepted proposals will be sent by mid-December, 2009.
A Primer on Universal Design (UD) in Education
This is a website maintained by Dr. Dave L. Edyburn of UW-Milwaukee.
http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/ud.html
The purpose of this web page is to provide a brief introduction to the applications of universal design in education (also known as: Universal Design for Learning). Links to additional resources are provided for teachers and administators interested in more information.
Call for Proposals for Chapters
Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Diversity and Equity
Deadline: November 1, 2009
http://www.aera.net/HREL.htm
Edited by Linda C. Tillman and James Joseph ìJimî Scheurich
Associate Editors: Colleen Capper, James Earl Davis, Andrea Evans, Gerardo Lopez, Sylvia Mendez Morse, and Grayson Noley
Over the last decade, U.S. schools have been called upon to provide an equitable and excellent education for students who traditionally have been marginalized: students of color, students from low-income homes, students with disabilities, LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered) students, students in families in which English is not the dominant language, female students, and so forth. The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Diversity and Equity, a project of the American Educational Research Association, will feature chapters that reframe research within the field of educational leadership; a reframing that is consonant with the existing social, cultural, economic, and political contexts of U.S. schools. The goal of the proposed handbook is to present theoretical and empirical scholarship that focuses on socially just educational leadership, particularly with respect to the education of diverse student populations. Additionally, the orientation of the handbook will be assets based; that is, diversity will be viewed as an asset to those individuals living it and to schools and society. The primary audience for the handbook is the research and scholarly community. The handbook is intended to serve as a source of knowledge for the next generation of researchers and to lay the foundation for promising and significant directions for future research on leadership, diversity, equity, and social justice. Developed under the auspices of AERA's books program, this handbook was advanced by the editors as a Division A (Administration, Organization, & Leadership) initiative. Proposals are welcomed and encouraged from scholars with relevant research backgrounds, irrespective of AERA or division memberships.
The Deal With Disability
http://thedealwithdisability.blogspot.com/
This is a new video blog capturing one 26-year-old woman's experience navigating through life with a "severe" physical disability. Eva Sweeney was born with a condition called cerebral palsy, which means that she cannot walk, speak, or use her muscles in conventional ways. She uses a power wheelchair to get around and spells out what she wants to say on a letter board.
The Women's Studies Consortium is interested in using its infrastructure to support the development of a Disability Studies Learning Community across the UW System. We are collecting contacts for faculty and academic staff across the UW system with an interest in Disability Studies. Participants who would be interested in starting a list serve, sharing resources, scholarship, and promoting development opportunities around curriculum, scholarship, teaching, and learning are invited to send their contact information, ideas for such a group, and particular interest areas to Helen Klebesadel at hklebesadel@uwsa.edu
New Disability Issues Lecture Series Announced
UW-Eau Claire
First Lecture:
Jonathan Friesen: "Do No Harm: When Good Intentions Have Harmful Results"
Oct. 22, 4:00 PM in Room 100 of Hibbard Hall
The author of a book about growing up with Tourette syndrome will be the first speaker in a new annual lecture series on disability issues at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Schneider Disability Issues Forum recently was established by Dr. Katherine Schneider, a UW-Eau Claire counselor emerita, through a gift to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation.
Jonathan Friesen, author of "Jerk, California," will discuss his childhood experiences with Tourette syndrome and the harmful and healing power of educators.
Friesen, an award-winning author, speaker and writing coach, received the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome late in life. TS or its symptoms also affect several members of his family. "Jerk, California" was the 2009 winner of the American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award for books dealing with disability issues. Friesen has taught in traditional and special education classrooms and in university settings for the past 15 years. He currently serves on the board of the Minnesota Tourette Syndrome Association and is a national speaker on disability issues.
Schneider ,who wrote her own book relating her experiences as a blind person, "To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities," and who worked in Counseling Services at UW-Eau Claire for 14 years, established the speaker series to help people understand accessibility issues for people who have disabilities. "Establishing this disability issues forum is a way to expand on the educating I was able to do while working at the university," Schneider said."I'm thrilled that we were able to garner an award-winning author for our first speaker." Friesen will visit Eau Claire public schools as part of the Authors in the Schools program Oct. 23 and will speak at the 10th annual Chippewa Valley Book Festival Oct. 24. The lecture is co-sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire's department of education studies, Services for Students with Disabilities and the UW-Eau Claire Foundation. More information about Friesen is available online at www.jonathanfriesen.com. For more information on how to support the lecture series and/or disability services at UW-Eau Claire, call Kimera Way, executive director of UW-Eau Claire Foundation, at 715-835-5180 or visit www@uwec.edu/fndn/disabilities.htm.
Announcing
34th annual interdisciplinary Wisconsin Women's Studies and
5th annual UW System LGBTQ Conference
Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future: The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality
April 16-17, 2010
Proposals due October 23, 2009
UW-Whitewater
Bringing together academics, teachers, students, community leaders, activists, and others, the gathering is co-sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Women's Studies Program and three UW System offices: the Women's Studies Consortium; the Institute on Race and Ethnicity; and the Inclusivity Initiative. The conference organizers seek proposals addressing research, scholarship, program development, pedagogy, curriculum, and/or community activism in the fields of Womenís, Racial/Ethnic, and LGBTQ Studies. A general focus on intersecting diversity issues and identities, as well as emerging and effective educational and organizational practices/processes, is encouraged. Best practices and case studies suitable for replication (or to be avoided) are especially welcome, especially as they relate to the educational advancement of our students and to the fields of Women's Studies, Racial/Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies and/or Disability Studies. Presentations that represent approaches to topics which are collaborative, cooperative, diverse, interdisciplinary, and inter-generational are encouraged. Go here for more information: http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/wsc/form.php
Call for Proposals:
The President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Madison, Wisconsin
April 29 - May 1, 2010
Proposals due November 4, 2009
UW System faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for the President’s Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, a conference to be held April 29-May 1, 2010, at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. The Summit is being co-sponsored by the Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative, Institute on Race and Ethnicity (IRE), Women & Science Program, Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC), Women’s Studies Consortium (WSC), and the UW System Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Rebecca Martin.
The President’s Summit will bring together over 200 faculty and staff across disciplines to demonstrate the UW System’s commitment to excellence in higher education during tough economic times. Replacing or expanding upon several smaller annual spring conferences, the Summit will provide a forum in which to recognize, acknowledge, and share the expertise of faculty and academic staff who excel at teaching, value learning, and are committed to sharing their experience, knowledge, practice, and scholarship. The intentional relationships among teaching, learning, and making excellence inclusive will be highlighted throughout this event.
In addition to keynote addresses by UW System President Kevin Reilly and others, the Summit will feature plenary and concurrent sessions on: curricular transformation and the scholarship of teaching and learning across the disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Global and International Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Professional Studies, Social Sciences and STEM areas. Designed to advance Inclusive Excellence, the UW System’s planning process for greater diversity, equity and inclusion, the Summit will showcase presentations focused on: Inclusive Pedagogies in disability studies, race and ethnic studies, women, gender and sexuality studies, and socioeconomic status across the curriculum; Emerging and Effective Technologies in the classroom; and High Impact Practices, those educationally effective practices that include collaborative assignments and projects, writing-intensive courses, first-year seminars, undergraduate student-faculty research, learning communities, international studies, community-based and service learning, internships, and capstone courses and projects.
Proposals in all these areas are invited from UW System faculty, instructional staff, and students with faculty/staff sponsorship. Presentation formats will include papers, panels, café-style and round table-discussions, workshops, and poster sessions. In addition, the Summit will provide opportunities for working and constituent groups from throughout the UW System to convene, including, for example, the IRE Advisory Committee, SAGLA, Compass Teams, the Women & Science Program, and others.
Please submit your proposal to present or to convene a working group by November 4th, 2009, to: http://www.uwsa.edu/vpacad/summit/proposals.htm Confirmations regarding accepted proposals will be sent by mid-December, 2009.
A Primer on Universal Design (UD) in Education
This is a website maintained by Dr. Dave L. Edyburn of UW-Milwaukee.
http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/ud.html
The purpose of this web page is to provide a brief introduction to the applications of universal design in education (also known as: Universal Design for Learning). Links to additional resources are provided for teachers and administators interested in more information.
Call for Proposals for Chapters
Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Diversity and Equity
Deadline: November 1, 2009
http://www.aera.net/HREL.htm
Edited by Linda C. Tillman and James Joseph ìJimî Scheurich
Associate Editors: Colleen Capper, James Earl Davis, Andrea Evans, Gerardo Lopez, Sylvia Mendez Morse, and Grayson Noley
Over the last decade, U.S. schools have been called upon to provide an equitable and excellent education for students who traditionally have been marginalized: students of color, students from low-income homes, students with disabilities, LGBT (lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered) students, students in families in which English is not the dominant language, female students, and so forth. The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Diversity and Equity, a project of the American Educational Research Association, will feature chapters that reframe research within the field of educational leadership; a reframing that is consonant with the existing social, cultural, economic, and political contexts of U.S. schools. The goal of the proposed handbook is to present theoretical and empirical scholarship that focuses on socially just educational leadership, particularly with respect to the education of diverse student populations. Additionally, the orientation of the handbook will be assets based; that is, diversity will be viewed as an asset to those individuals living it and to schools and society. The primary audience for the handbook is the research and scholarly community. The handbook is intended to serve as a source of knowledge for the next generation of researchers and to lay the foundation for promising and significant directions for future research on leadership, diversity, equity, and social justice. Developed under the auspices of AERA's books program, this handbook was advanced by the editors as a Division A (Administration, Organization, & Leadership) initiative. Proposals are welcomed and encouraged from scholars with relevant research backgrounds, irrespective of AERA or division memberships.
The Deal With Disability
http://thedealwithdisability.blogspot.com/
This is a new video blog capturing one 26-year-old woman's experience navigating through life with a "severe" physical disability. Eva Sweeney was born with a condition called cerebral palsy, which means that she cannot walk, speak, or use her muscles in conventional ways. She uses a power wheelchair to get around and spells out what she wants to say on a letter board.
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