| Disability Studies Quarterly Winter 2006, Volume 26, No. 1 <www.dsq-sds.org> Copyright 2006 by the Society for Disability Studies |
Editor's Preface |
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In the current issue, we are pleased to be able to offer, once again, a quality group of papers, both thematic and general, as well as reviews and essays. We present part 2 of the "Emerging Issues in the Study of Disability Policy and Law," guest-edited by Peter Blanck. While this part emphasizes certain highly "practical" aspects of law and policy — e.g., articles dealing with economic resources such as asset accumulation -- it also manages to encompass widely diverse theoretical perspectives, including a Foucauldian analysis of litigation. Readers who think a theme that focuses on law would be overly "legalistic" will be pleasantly surprised to find much in those papers to stimulate deeply humanistic considerations. Similarly, the general papers offer a eclectic array of subjects — a paper on Helen Keller's place in German culture; a paper on Arturo Islas' book The Rain God and the image of the disabled male Chicano; a paper that analyzes the reporting of abuse among people with disabilities; and one that examines the legal implications of fatness and disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In our new occasional section, "Pedagogy in Disability Studies," Alex Lubet and Ingrid Hoffman, both of the University of Minnesota, provide a pedagogical script about a course they team-taught on disability, classical music, and film. It gives useful information for any instructor who might want more information on how to use the films discussed within a Disability Studies context. We encourage submissions for the pedagogy section by those of you who are using innovative techniques in teaching Disability Studies — a field that we expect to be particularly receptive to innovative ways of doing things. Finally, we are pleased to report a staff addition. Susan Baglieri was promoted to become Assistant Editor in the summer, and Maria Molnar has joined us as our Editorial Assistant/Intern. Like Sue, Maria is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University, in curriculum and teaching with a focus in learning disability. Maria will help us with a variety of tasks, as well as a project we hope to host on the DSQ Web site sometime in 2006. Judy Norsigian, founding DSQ editor Irv Zola's widow, has helped us assemble a full set of DSQs from its beginning in 1982. Our goal is to post on the Web site the "Table of Contents" for all of the print DSQs. We think this will be an important Disability Studies resource, as well a way to expand knowledge and insight into DSQ's history.
Beth Haller & Corinne Kirchner List of Reviewers As we come to the end of our publishing year we hereby give a hearty public thanks to all of those scholars who have contributed to DSQ 2005 by lending their expertise as peer-reviewers. Your commitment to ensuring that DSQ publishes the highest quality of scholarship, as well as mentoring others in their writing, truly solidifies the strength of the professional Disability Studies community. Robert C. AndersonCenter for Religion and Disability Susan Baglieri Teachers College, Columbia University Maysaa Bazna College of Staten Island Lynne Bejoian Teachers College, Columbia University Mark Best University of Pittsburgh Peter Blanck Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, University of Iowa Arthur Blaser Chapman University Alicia Broderick Teachers College, Columbia University Brenda Brueggemann Ohio State University Fiona Campbell Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Allison Carey Shippensburg University Sumi Colligan Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Audra Colvert Towson University Stephanie Coopman San Jose State University Deborah Creamer Iliff School of Theology Scot Danforth Ohio State University Margaret Debenham Independent scholar, United Kingdom Andrew Feenberg Simon Fraser University, Canada Phil Ferguson University of Missouri-St. Louis Petya Fitzpatrick University of Tasmania, Australia Doris Zames Fleischer New Jersey Institute of Technology Ann Fox Davidson College Melissa Frame Clearwater Christian College Greg Fraser University of West Georgia Anita Ghai Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi, India Larry Goldberg CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, Boston Lelia Green Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia Beth Haller Towson University Michael Hardey University of Newcastle, United Kingdom Marie Hardin Pennsylvania State University Phil Harper Deakin University, Australia April Herndon Intersex Society of North America; Gustavus College Brigida Hernandez DePaul University Jeffrey Hinckleman Carnegie Mellon University Mary Killeen CESSI and Fielding Graduate Institute Corinne Kirchner American Foundation for the Blind David Klein Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, University of Iowa Georgina Kleege University of California, Berkeley Linda Komesaroff Deakin University, Australia Rose Kreston Colorado State University Susan B. Kretchmer Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide Petra Kuppers Bryant University Steve Kuusisto Ohio State University Denise Lance Beach Center on Disability/ Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities Gail Landsman State University of New York- Albany Kathleen LeBesco Manhattan Marymount College Lou Lewandowski Freelance writer/poet, Santa Clara, California Justine Lloyd University of Technology Sydney, Australia Alex Lubet University of Minnesota Zana Lutfiyya University of Manitoba, Canada Susan Magasi University of Illinois-Chicago Steve Maras University of Sydney, Australia Julie McLeod Deakin University, Australia Robert McRuer George Washington University Helen Meekosha University of New South Wales, Australia Carmen Moran University of New South Wales, Australia Robert Morsillo Telstra Corporation, Australia Bonnie O'Day Cornell University Rhoda Olkin California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University Deborah Olson University of Oregon Noam Ostrander University of Illinois-Chicago Susan Peters Michigan State University Justin Powell Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany Des Power Griffith University, Australia Margaret Price Spelman College D. Kim Reid Teachers College, Columbia University Dawn Reynolds University of Maryland Marcia Rioux York University, Canada Mary Esther Rohman Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Alan Roulstone University of Sunderland, United Kingdom Priscilla Sanderson Northern Arizona University Helen Schartz Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, University of Iowa Lynn Schlesinger State University of New York-Plattsburgh James Schmeling Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, University of Iowa Mary Sesto University of Wisconsin-Madison Umesh Sharma Monash University, Australia Frank Sligo Massey University, New Zealand Deborah Stienstra University of Manitoba, Canada Kristina Straub Carnegie Mellon University Julian Thomas Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Michael Uniacke Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria, Australia Marika Warren University of Toronto, Canada Darrell West Brown University Barry Witham University of Washington Kathi Wolfe Freelance writer/poet, Falls Church, Virginia Frieda Zames Disabled in Action; New Jersey Institute of Technology (October 29,1932-June 16, 2005) |
Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) is the journal of the Society for Disability Studies (SDS). It is a multidisciplinary and international journal of interest to social scientists, scholars in the humanities and arts, disability rights advocates, and others concerned with the issues of people with disabilities. It represents the full range of methods, epistemologies, perspectives, and content that the field of disability studies embraces. DSQ is committed to developing theoretical and practical knowledge about disability and to promoting the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in society. (ISSN: 1041-5718; eISSN: 2159-8371)
