Forum Introduction: 2009 Pacific Rim Conference, Disability Studies Strand

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Megan A. Conway
Editor-in-Chief, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal; Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii

Norma Jean Stodden
Interdisciplinary Training Coordinator, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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We are pleased to present a forum comprised of four of the papers presented at the 2nd Disability Studies Strand of the Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disability held in May, 2009, in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. This year’s conference will be held April 12-13 and we are excited to see the Disability Studies Strand grow and develop with every year.
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Nov 5, 2014

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Vol. 6 No. 1
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Author Biographies

Megan A. Conway, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal; Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii

Megan A. Conway, Ph.D., is faculty of Disability Studies at the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), and Associate Faculty of Special Education, at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. She serves as a core instructor for CDS’s Disability and Diversity Certificate Program. Dr. Conway received her doctorate in Special Education from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001. While at Berkeley, she became increasingly aware of the problems facing individuals with disabilities as they pursue higher education and employment, leading to her interest in improving postsecondary education and employment options and supports for individuals with disabilities. Dr. Conway served as co-PI on a disability and employment project, EmployAble: World Without Barriers.  Dr. Conway also has strong interests in disability studies as it relates to law and public policy, sociology, poetry and other creative works, and technology.

Norma Jean Stodden, Interdisciplinary Training Coordinator, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dr. Norma Jean Stodden is the Interdisciplinary Training Coordinator for the Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i. She has significant experience as a PI/Director of federal grants including research projects and personnel preparation. Dr. Norma Jean Stodden has trained hundreds of administrators and teachers (K-12) to improve the quality of and access to general education curriculum for students with disabilities. She has extensive experience with curriculum design and development which incorporates Universal Design for Learning principles and effective research-based strategies.