Overview

This book focuses on ableism in academia and provides practical recommendations to improve working and learning environments for staff and students based on the first-hand experience of contributors with a range of illness, disability and neurodiversity. Demands for excellence and efficiency have created an ableist culture in academia. What impact do these expectations have on disabled, chronically ill and neurodiverse colleagues? This important and eye-opening collection explores ableism in academia from the viewpoint of academics' personal and professional experiences and scholarship. Through the theoretical lenses of autobiography, autoethnography, embodiment, body work and emotional labour, contributors present insightful, critical, analytical and rigorous explorations of being 'othered' in academia. Deeply embedded in personal experiences, this perceptive book provides examples for universities to develop inclusive practices, accessible working and learning conditions and a less ableist environment.

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Author:   Nicola Martin ,  Ian P. Gent ,  Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson ,  Jennifer Leigh (University of Kent)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447354116

ISBN 10:   1447354117
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Being ‘different’ in academia ~ Nicole Brown PART I: Ways of knowing A leg to stand on: irony, autoethnography and ableism in the academy ~ Laura L. Ellingson “There’s no place for emotions in academia”: experiences of the neoliberal academy as a disabled scholar ~ Angharad Butler-Rees Embodiment and authenticity: how embodied research might shed light on experiences of disability and chronic illness ~ Jennifer Leigh What’s in a word? Rephrasing and reframing disability ~ Sharon Smith Intermezzo PART II: Lived experiences Colour blindness in academia: the challenges of an invisible impairment ~ Oliver Daddow Stammering in academia: voice in the management of self and others ~ Robert H. Mann and Bryan C. Clift Losing my voice (physically and metaphorically) ~ Jeanne Barczewska Deafness and hearing loss in higher education ~ Nicole Brown Living with collagenous colitis as a busy academic: chronic illness and the intersection of age and gender inequality ~ Rosalind Janssen Three cheers for Access to Work partnership: two cheers for Two Ticks and one question about a university-wide self-disclosure scheme ~ Chris Mounsey and Stan Booth “I’m not saying this to be petty”: reflections on making disability visible while teaching ~ Emma Sheppard #AutisticsInAcademia ~ Chloe Farahar and Annette Foster “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse …”: challenging academic ableist assumptions ~ Jo Sullivan Ableism in music academicism ~ Ben Lunn Teaching with and supporting teachers with dyslexia in higher education ~ Jennifer Hiscock and Jennifer Leigh Depressed academics: building a group blog community ~ Mikael Vejdemo- Johansson and Ian P. Gent Cancer, bereavement and work ~ Nicola Martin Invisible disabilities and (re)negotiating identity: life after major traumatic injury ~ Clare Lewis Conclusion: Disability imaginary of the future ~ Nicole Brown

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Provides a new and meaningful perspective of disabled academics' perceptions and experiences related to their participation within academia... an important text that explores the diverse experiences of disability and the personal accounts of experienced ableism in the post-secondary environment. Higher Education Quarterly

"""Provides a new and meaningful perspective of disabled academics' perceptions and experiences related to their participation within academia... an important text that explores the diverse experiences of disability and the personal accounts of experienced ableism in the post-secondary environment."" Higher Education Quarterly"

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Nicole Brown is Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd and Lecturer in Education in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media at the UCL Institute of Education.

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