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Disability Studies Lecture Series

Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton
November 4, 2024

Lissa D. Ramirez-Stapleton, who is an associate professor of education at Cal State Fullerton, will present “Black Deaf Education and Praxis: The Intersections of Culture, Community, and Hope.”

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
October 11, 2024

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, the 2024 Ford Foundation Disability Futures Fellow, is the featured speaker when the Disability Studies Lecture Series hosts its first event for the 2024-25 academic year. The free talk will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday on Zoom.

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October 3, 2024

Zuoyue Wang, a professor of history from Cal Poly Pomona, will speak at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, and Sijia Yao, assistant professor of Chinese language and culture at Soka University, will share her presentation at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct 17. Both will take place in person in the Faculty Excellence Center on the fourth floor of the John M. Pfau Library and on Zoom.

Sunaura Taylor
May 2, 2024

Sunaura Taylor, an author and professor from UC Berkeley, will discuss her latest book, “Disabled Ecologies, Lessons from a Wounded Desert,” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, on Zoom. The program is open to the public.

Sarah Dauncey
April 16, 2024

The talk by Sarah Dauncey is a presentation of the Disability Studies Lecture Series and the Modern China Lecture Series, and will be shared on Zoom beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 19. Register in advance.

Thomas Shakespeare
February 12, 2024

Thomas Shakespeare, a social scientist and bioethicist, will present “When Disability Is the Norm, Not the Exception,” when the new lecture series debuts on Zoom. Registration is required and can be done online.