Together, the Disability Studies and Professional Development areas are hosting a round table discussion on teaching best practices and disability. The goals of this round table are to discuss issues such as (but not limited to): How can we best serve our students with disabilities? How can accessibility benefit all of our students? What are some things that have worked best for you? (Give us your tips and tricks!) How can we use campus resources? How can we work together as instructors to best serve our students with disabilities? While the panelists will offer what has worked for us, we want to foster a discussion of teaching best practices and learn from each other.
About the presentersMeredith Guthrie
Meredith is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Communication Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her Ph.D. in American Culture Studies in 2005 at Bowling Green State University. Meredith currently co-chairs the area of and Disability Studies and serves on the Executive Board as the VP of Communication.
Rebecca Stone Gordon
M.S. in Audio Technology & Communications. M.A. in Public Anthropology (Biological Anthropology & Archaeology) in progress/pandemic paused. When not engaging in vocational or avocational pursuits related to horror literature & film, I’m a volunteer at the Smithsonian in the Anthropology Department. My publications include essays on the TV show Supernatural and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House.
I see dead people.
Stephanie Flint
Stephanie is a PhD candidate in Florida Atlantic University’s Comparative Studies program. Her research focuses on monstrosity in literature, film and popular culture, particularly from the perspective of disability theory, reception theory and psychoanalytic theory.
Mary Wheeling
Mary is an Associate Professor of English and Humanities at Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, Delaware, where she teaches a little bit of everything. Her current research interests include disability studies and monsters. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from UNC-Chapel Hill.