Katherine Anderson Howell is an independent scholar and editor of Fandom as Classroom Practice: A Teaching Guide (Iowa, 2018). She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“This is a crucial topic. Disabled fans exist and have power in many arenas. This book is sorely needed to highlight disabled people’s place within fan studies.”—Beth Haller, author, Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World“Katherine Anderson Howell’s Disability and Fandom is a wonderful addition to the scholarship of disability studies and fan studies. Anderson Howell does an amazing job of connecting the fields by (as she says) ‘cripping’ fan studies. Her thorough examination of the ways digital and physical spaces allow for fan activity and discipline fans who dare to step out of white able-bodied norms is definitely needed in a world profoundly affected by COVID. Anderson Howell insists upon the complexity of disability and fandom throughout, resisting easy answers. Her book covers fandom from several locations, including place and space, fan (and antifan) works, and the public image of Ye/Kanye West.”—Meredith Guthrie, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine Anderson Howell is an independent scholar and editor of Fandom as Classroom Practice: A Teaching Guide (Iowa, 2018). She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“This is a crucial topic. Disabled fans exist and have power in many arenas. This book is sorely needed to highlight disabled people’s place within fan studies.”—Beth Haller, author, Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World“Katherine Anderson Howell’s Disability and Fandom is a wonderful addition to the scholarship of disability studies and fan studies. Anderson Howell does an amazing job of connecting the fields by (as she says) ‘cripping’ fan studies. Her thorough examination of the ways digital and physical spaces allow for fan activity and discipline fans who dare to step out of white able-bodied norms is definitely needed in a world profoundly affected by COVID. Anderson Howell insists upon the complexity of disability and fandom throughout, resisting easy answers. Her book covers fandom from several locations, including place and space, fan (and antifan) works, and the public image of Ye/Kanye West.”—Meredith Guthrie, University of Pittsburgh

Katherine Anderson Howell is an independent scholar and editor of Fandom as Classroom Practice: A Teaching Guide (Iowa, 2018). She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

“This is a crucial topic. Disabled fans exist and have power in many arenas. This book is sorely needed to highlight disabled people’s place within fan studies.”—Beth Haller, author, Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World“Katherine Anderson Howell’s Disability and Fandom is a wonderful addition to the scholarship of disability studies and fan studies. Anderson Howell does an amazing job of connecting the fields by (as she says) ‘cripping’ fan studies. Her thorough examination of the ways digital and physical spaces allow for fan activity and discipline fans who dare to step out of white able-bodied norms is definitely needed in a world profoundly affected by COVID. Anderson Howell insists upon the complexity of disability and fandom throughout, resisting easy answers. Her book covers fandom from several locations, including place and space, fan (and antifan) works, and the public image of Ye/Kanye West.”—Meredith Guthrie, University of Pittsburgh