Self-reliance seems more of a recipe for isolation and alienation than for increasing the presence of disability in academia
ByAna CaicedoMay 1, 2024 Continue ReadingAs academics, our jobs require us to listen to others all the time—in our classes, in faculty meetings, in seminars, and when meeting...
ByMichele CookeFebruary 11, 2020Instead of expecting me to strive to be a hearing professor, why not expect that each of us makes the classroom less disabling...
ByMichele CookeDecember 19, 2023-Michele Cooke and Ana Caicedo The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many others stem from historic and continued...
ByThe Mind HearsJune 9, 2020-Ana Going on the job market was a fraught decision for me. As a postdoc considering tenure-track faculty positions, I relied on hearing...
ByAna CaicedoNovember 14, 2019The last year required a myriad of adjustments in our professional lives. For those of us in academia, much of it entailed moving our teaching and service to remote format....
ByThe Mind HearsDecember 2, 2021Instead of expecting me to strive to be a hearing professor, why not expect that each of us makes the classroom less disabling...
ByMichele CookeDecember 19, 2023This semester I am teaching a large lecture course with about 175 students. I have taught this course 6 times before, with enrollment...
ByAna CaicedoNovember 20, 2018As we know, the reality of "just switching to video chat classes" is NOT easy even for a hearing person teaching hearing people...
ByRyan SeslowApril 22, 2020Chances are that someone in your department has hearing loss, whether they’ve disclosed this or not, and will benefit from your efforts to...
ByThe Mind HearsJanuary 3, 2024