AccessADVANCE Webinars

Disability Inclusion in the Ongoing Pandemic

AccessADVANCE, Apr 21, 2023

Presenters: Victoria Chavez (Northwestern University); Emmanuelle Marquis (University of Michigan); Stephani Page (Women in Engineering ProActive Network); Matthew Dowell (Towson University)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an outsized impact on the disability community. Many people with disabilities are at a high risk for severe COVID and continue to avoid in-person gatherings. Other people have joined the disability community after acquiring long COVID. As organizations and communities return to pre-pandemic norms, what implications does this have for disability inclusion? What can we do to ensure our organizations are welcoming and accessible to people with disabilities?

 

Finding Community and Connection

AccessADVANCE, Apr 12, 2023

Presenters: Frances Biderman (University of Washington); Melissa Vossen Callens (North Dakota State University); Michele Cooke (University of Massachusetts Amherst); Javin D'Souza (University of Illinois-Chicago Disability Culture Center)

Despite an abundance of initiatives focused on equity for faculty with disabilities, very few of these programs center, or even consider, the experiences of faculty with disabilities. In this webinar, we'll hear from faculty with disabilities about ways to find community and connection with other faculty with disabilities through professional organizations, disability cultural centers, and other strategies.

 

Access issues for Faculty with Disabilities

AccessADVANCE, Apr 04, 2023

Presenters: Kimberly Thompson (Seattle University); Mark Coppin (North Dakota State University); Stacy Branham (University of California Irvine); Rob Parke (University of Southern California)

Conversations around disability in higher education often focus on access for students with disabilities and overlook the experiences of faculty with disabilities. In this webinar, you'll hear from faculty with disabilities and disability service providers on topics related to accommodations and universal design, funding for accommodations, and strategies to move beyond mere compliance with related laws.

 

From Telecommute to Telecommunity: Pushing for institutional change

AccessADVANCE, Apr 22, 2022

Presenters: Rua Mae Williams (Purdue), Martina Svyantek (University of Virginia)

In 2022, Disabled faculty and students are requesting accommodations to remain off campus or to limit in-person exposure through continued access to remote or hybrid delivery of instruction. Many universities are denying these requests by calling them "unreasonable burdens" to the institution or citing institutional business interests. Remote and hybrid instruction is neither an unreasonable burden (as proved by our past few semesters), nor does it interfere with the essential functions of "the position" -- instructing and learning. This webinar is a discussion of a book chapter contextualizing the Covid-19 pandemic’s effects on office-based and academic workspaces using a critical disability studies approach.

 

Making STEM Departments More Accessible to and Inclusive of Women with Disabilities

AccessADVANCE, Oct 28, 2021

Presenters: Sheryl Burgstahler (DO-IT), Brianna Blaser (DO-IT)
In this webinar, Sheryl Burgstahler, AccessADVANCE PI, and Brianna Blaser, AccessADVANCE Associate Director, will share a framework and point to systemic issues campus leaders and advocates can consider to increase the successful participation of faculty with disabilities in STEM fields. The framework was developed with input and guidance from AccessADVANCE collaborators engaged in collaborative meetings and an online community of practice.