Disability and Shame: Special Issue Forum Introduction
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Shame, Disability, Disability Studies
Abstract
For this issue, we sought as broad a range of scholarly perspectives as possible and we were not disappointed. The goal was to include a wide selection of international views and diverse disability experiences. The articles that follow examine the intersection of shame and disability through a variety of frameworks. Articles discussing the complexity of shame in East Asia and the Middle East share space with intimate first-person narratives grounded in ethnographic scholarship. Some articles are broad and theoretical, others offer a more practical perspective. Submissions focus on the effect of shame not only on the disabled individual, but on families, as well. Together, all showcase a rich diversity of ongoing scholarship in a field deserving our full attention.
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Stephanie Patterson, Stony Brook University
Stephanie Patterson, MLS has expertise in the field of disability and employment as a result of integrated experiences in disability studies, higher education, disability services, career services, human resources, and labor relations. Some of her research endeavors include publishing her new book “Disability and Employment in the United States” with Cognella Inc., and co-editing a Special Forum on Disability and Employment in the Review of Disability Studies that highlighted her article entitled, “A Historical Overview of the History of Disability and Employment in the United States (1600-1950).” In 2014, she published a book chapter, “Working 9 to 5... or Not: Historical Origins of Disability Discrimination in the U.S. Workplace” for Piraeus Books.
Dana Baker, California State University Channel Islands
Dana Lee Baker, PhD has expertise in disability policy, with emphasis on neurodiversity, neuroethics, and autism. Dana brings considerable experience as a peer reviewer from a number of scholarly journals such as The Social Science Journal, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Social Problems, Educational Policy Journal, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities and Emotion, Space, and Society. Dana has also served as an ad-hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation and for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dana edited a two-volume book series entitled Disability and U.S. Politics: Participation, Policy, and Controversy, published in 2017.
John Y. Jones, Truman State University
John Jones, PhD has expertise in disability policy with an emphasis on special education policy, eugenics, and the history of special education. He has served as a reviewer for American Educational Research Association, the History of Education Society, and the American Library Association. He was invited to create this call for papers by the editorial staff of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal.