Disability Salon Student Spotlight Series: Fall Highlights & One More to Come
The Disability Salon’s Student Spotlight Series aims to spotlight, celebrate, and support the critical and creative research of disability studies students at different stages of their graduate school and scholarly journeys.
The October 31st Spotlight featured SJE PhD students Matida Daffeh and Paola Madrigal presenting their Master’s theses and Major Research Papers. The session included thoughtful responses from Dr. Efrat Gold, AMS History of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellow at York University.
The November 21st Spotlight highlighted PhD candidates Aparna Menon and Tania Ruiz Chapman, who presented their dissertations in progress. Their work was discussed by Dr. Susan Antebi, Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Toronto’s Department of Spanish & Portuguese
If you missed the previous sessions, there’s still one more opportunity to engage with the series this term. On Wednesday, December 3rd, the December Spotlight will host current PhD candidates Jeff Hall, Mu-Yen Chan, and Hilary Pearson, who will present on the progression of their comprehensive exams (comps). Their respondent will be Dr. Devon Healey, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at SJE and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Disability Salon.
December Spotlight Details:
- Date & Time: Tuesday, December 3rd from 1:00 - 3:00pm
- Location: OISE room 12–252 (Air Space)
- Format: In-person (refreshments provided) | Zoom link available upon request
- No registration required
- Accessibility: see Event Page for event accessibility information
- Information & accessibility questions: disabilitysalon@gmail.com
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Created in the winter of 2021 by Dr. Devon Healey and PhD student Jose Miguel ‘Miggy’ Esteban, the Disability Salon became a space to navigate how to be together amidst a global pandemic through care and creativity. The work of disabled artists acted as a springboard to immerse ourselves in the creative practices and explorations of disability as we worked to discover where disability might move us. Through student-led creative workshops, film screenings, and the sharing of artistic work, we came together to create a space through which we all share in the doing of disability arts.
Starting in the 2025/2026 academic year, the Disability Salon will extend its offerings to include a series of gatherings to spotlight, celebrate, and support the critical and creative research of disability studies students at different stages of their graduate school and scholarly journeys.
