RDS Commitment to Honoring Diversity

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Megan Conway
Editor-in-Chief, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal; Director of Instruction and Training, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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disability and diversity, marginalization, social justice

Abstract

Reaffirming RDS’s commitment to representing and respecting through the promotion of Disability Studies, the richly diverse community of individuals with disabilities and their allies
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Published
Jun 1, 2018

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Issue
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2018): The Crip, The Fat and The Ugly in an Age of Austerity: Resistance, Reclamation and Affirmation, Volume 14, Issue 2
Section
Editorial

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Author Biography

Megan Conway, Editor-in-Chief, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal; Director of Instruction and Training, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Editor-in-Chief, Megan A. Conway, Ph.D., is faculty of Disability Studies at the Center on Disability Studies (CDS), and Associate Faculty of Special Education, at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. She serves as Director for CDS’s Disability and Diversity Certificate Program. Dr. Conway received her doctorate in Special Education from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001. While at Berkeley, she became increasingly aware of the problems facing individuals with disabilities as they pursue higher education and employment, leading to her interest in improving postsecondary education and employment options and supports for individuals with disabilities. Dr. Conway also has strong interests in disability studies as it relates to law and public policy, sociology, poetry and other creative works, and technology.

Dr. Conway has published numerous articles and given national and international presentations focused on employment, postsecondary education access, special education, self-advocacy, technology, and dual sensory loss. She worked for several years in the United Kingdom as a consultant about the needs of people with dual sensory loss, and as a result of her work had the opportunity to meet other people with disabilities in the U.K. and continental Europe. She enjoys living and working in Hawaii, and particularly enjoys the beautiful weather and landscape that allow her to pursue her favorite outdoor activities year-round.