Part Three: Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies)

Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology (Society for Disability Studies) 

CHAIR: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) 

 

PANELISTS: GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) The Campus Access Project: Generating Activism and Improving Access through Classroom Assignments 

KONECZNY, Nell (UIC) Activism and Research: Anthropological Perspectives on Professor Engagement with Disability, Accessibility, and Inclusion 

ACEVEDO, Sara (Bellevue Coll) Naming Silences: Reclaiming Disability Narratives through Curricular Intervention 

ROSCIGNO, Robin (Rutgers U) Establishing “Rhetoricity”: Knowledge Production among Autistic Students in a College Support System 

OLSON, Krisjon (MCW) Propositions for Anthropology in Medical Education: Introducing Structural Competence into the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative on a Midwestern Campus

 

ABSTRACT: 

GERBER, Elaine (Montclair State U) Inclusion on Campus: The Role of Anthropology. From professor perspectives and actions about disability, accessibility, and inclusion in university classrooms to student activism and initiatives to advocate for disability rights and expanded services… what is the role of anthropology on college campuses? In these turbulent times, we have seen disabled activists at the forefront of the culture wars, on the frontlines fighting to save health care in the US and as prominent players in the #MeToo movement. This panel examines whether and how that activism extends to college campuses, and the role of anthropology (faculty, departments, students, programs, curricular innovations, etc.) in that process.

 

Session took place in Portland, OR at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2019.