Category Archives: Disability Studies

Presenting at the Society for Disability Studies Conference May 12 and 14
ableism / Disability Pedagogy / Disability Studies / Hip Hop / School to Prison Pipeline / Social Justice Education / Special Education

Presenting at the Society for Disability Studies Conference May 12 and 14

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Presenting twice on Thursday June 12 and Saturday June 14 at the Society for Disability Studies Conference in Minneapolis the 27th annual meeting of SDS june 11-14, 2014 hyatt regency hotel minneapolis, mn Using the links below, please find information regarding the host hotel and hotel reservations, ground transportation in Minneapolis, the overall schedule for … Continue reading →

Activism / alternatives to incarceration / Anarchist Studies / Critical Criminology / Disability Studies / Peace and Conflict Studies / School to Prison Pipeline / Social Justice Education

The End of Prison is published!

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The End of Prisons: Reflections from the Decarceration Movement Edited by Mechthild E. Nagel and Anthony J. Nocella II This book brings together a collection of social justice scholars and activists who take Foucault’s concept of discipline and punishment to explain how prisons are constructed in society from nursing homes to zoos. This book expands … Continue reading →

animal liberation / Book Release / Critical Animal Studies / Critical Pedagogy / Disability Studies / eco-ability / environmental ethics

Book Release: Earth, Animal, and Disability Liberation: The Rise of the Eco-Ability Movement

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This provocative and groundbreaking book is the first of its kind to propose the concept of Eco-ability: the intersectionality of the ecological world, persons with disabilities, and nonhuman animals. Rooted in disability studies and rights, environmentalism, and animal advocacy, this book calls for a social justice theory and movement that dismantles constructed “normalcy,” ableism, speciesism, … Continue reading →