RDS Journal Call for Proposals Special Issue: Disability and Film and Media
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Call for Proposals, Disability Studies, Disability, Film, Media
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Call for Papers for Special Issue of RDS on disability and film and media. DUE: July 31, 2021 at rdsjournal.org, this special issue will be devoted to considering Disability and Film and Media. Guest editors will be renowned media scholar Beth Haller (Towson University) and noted film scholar, historian and activist Lawrence Carter-Long (Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund DREDF). Questions may be addressed to [email protected].
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Beth A. Haller, Towson University
Beth A. Haller is a professor of mass communication and communication studies at Towson University, specializing in the handling of disability in news and new media. She serves on the advisory board of the National Center on Disability and Journalism, and traveled in Australia as a Fulbright Scholar in 2015. Books by Haller include Representing Disability in an Ableist World (2010) and Byline of Hope: The Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (2015).
Lawrence Carter-Long, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Lawrence Carter-Long is the Director of Communications, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). A lifelong activist, he currently spearheads the Disability & Media Alliance Project. Lawrence has been a modern dancer, radio show host and producer, and was the curator/co-host of groundbreaking festival “THE PROJECTED IMAGE: A HISTORY OF DISABILITY ON FILM” on Turner Classic Movies reaching 87 million people. His advocacy has been awarded by former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and others.