Disability as Diversity in Higher Education

Eunyoung Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Leadership, Management, and Policy at Seton Hall University, USA. Katherine C. Aquino is Adjunct Professor and Program Specialist for Accreditation and Assessment at New Jersey City University, USA.

"This book frames disability as part of the natural and rich continuum of diversity on college campuses. Through a combination of theory, research with students, faculty, and administrators, and the description of innovative and responsive program models, this book extends traditional conversations about services for students with disabilities to new, cutting-edge perspectives and practices." - Joseph W. Madaus, Professor and Director, Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability, University of Connecticut"This book explores the experiences of students with disabilities and makes valuable suggestions for how to improve the education and success of such students. Disability as Diversity in Higher Education is an essential book for faculty, administrators, and students to help combat one of the least recognized but most prevalent forms of discrimination at institutions that pride themselves on their diversity programs." -Lennard Davis, Distinguished Professor of English in the School of Arts and Professor of Medical Education in the College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago"This book offers a comprehensive collection of essays, research reports, and case studies that introduce a new direction for addressing disability on college campuses. Stressing that disability should be considered an aspect of diversity rather than an individual impairment, chapter authors effectively use the sociopolitical model to critique current practices for working with disabled students in higher education and offer alternative strategies to ensure that the college environment is accessible and equitable for all students." - Nancy Evans, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University

• AcknowledgmentsPreface PART I: THEORETICAL LENSES AND APPLICATION 1 Supporting Students with Non-disclosed Disabilities: A Collective and Humanizing ApproachChristina Yuknis and Eric R. Bernstein2 A Different Diversity? Challenging the Exclusion of Disability Studies from Higher Education Research and PracticeLauren Shallish3 Queering Disability in Higher Education: Views from the IntersectionsRyan A. Miller, Richmond D. Wynn, and Kristine W. WebbPART II: COLLEGE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES4 "Does Disability Matter?": Students’ Satisfaction with College ExperiencesKatherine C. Aquino, Taghreed A. Alhaddab, and Eunyoung Kim5 Engaging Disability: Trajectories of Involvement for College Students with DisabilitiesEzekiel Kimball, Rachel E. Friedensen, and Elton Silva6 College Students with Learning Disabilities: An At-Risk Population Absent from the Conversation of DiversityWanda Hadley and D. Eric Archer7 Re(examining) Students’ Notion of Intersectionality through a Spatial LensHolly Pearson and Michelle SamuraPART III: PERSPECTIVES OF FACULTY AND HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION8 Faculty and Administrator Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding DisabilityAllison R. Lombardi and Adam R. Lalor9 Working it Backward: Student Success through Faculty Professional DevelopmentCali Anicha, Chris Ray, and Canan Bilen-Green10 "It’s a Very Deep, Layered Topic": Student Affairs Professionals on the Marginality and Intersectionality of DisabilityAnnemarie Vaccaro and Ezekiel Kimball11 Tools for Moving the Institutional Iceberg: Policies and Practices for Students with DisabilitiesJacalyn Griffen and Tenisha TevisPART IV: INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES 12 Disability, Diversity, and Higher Education: A Critical Study of California State University’s WebsitesSusan L. Gabel, Denise P. Reid, and Holly Pearson13 Encountering Institutional Barriers and Resistance: Disability Discomfort on One CampusHeather Albanesi and Emily A. Nusbaum14 Access Ryerson: Promoting Disability as DiversityDenise O’Neil Green, Heather Willis, Matthew D. Green, and Sarah Beckman 15 Thinking and Practicing Differently: Changing the Narrative around Disability on College CampusesSue Kroeger and Amanda KrausAbout the ContributorsIndex