Call for Chapter Proposals for forthcoming book, Teaching with a Disability: Student and Teacher Experiences of Disability in the Classroom

Call for Chapter Proposals for forthcoming book, Teaching with a Disability: Student and Teacher Experiences of Disability in the Classroom.  Michael S. Jeffress, PhD, Editor; Routledge Press (2018).

The experiences of and pedagogical concerns related to students with disability form growing area of scholarship, but a planned title in Routledge’s Interdisciplinary Disability Studies series will focus on teachers who have disabilities. Chapters of 6,000-8,000 words will explore questions such as: How does having a visible or hidden disability impact teaching? What are the challenges? What are the positive outcomes for students? How do students adjust their perceptions and what new understandings of disability do they gain from having a teacher with a disability?

Instructors who have any type of disability are invited to submit a chapter proposal of 400-600 words for consideration to the editor, Dr. Michael S. Jeffress (michael.jeffress@nicholls.edu). The deadline to receive the proposal is December 1, 2016.  The proposal should answer the following questions:

1.  What type of disability do you have and when was it acquired?

2.  What is your academic background and your current academic position?

3.  What is your subject area as an instructor and how long have you been teaching?

4.  What are a few ways that you believe your disability may impact you as a teacher?

5.  What are a few ways you believe your disability may impact your students?

6.  What would you hope to accomplish through this chapter?

7.  Would you be willing to work with a co-author, if someone submits a similar proposal?

Authors of chapter proposals will be notified no later than December 31, 2016. Authors will be asked to keep a journal during the Spring 2017 term and administer a questionnaire (to be provided) to students in at least one course they teach. That latter will require IRB approval from respective institutions. The instructor journal will focus on the interplay between your experience of disability and the preparation and delivery of your course content and interaction with students. The student questionnaire will focus on student attitudes and beliefs related to disability in general and having an instructor with a disability in particular. Insights from the journal and questionnaire results will be added to the author’s final chapter draft, together with other self-reflexive observations and thoughts, data collected and research performed.