About us

We are a team of scholars interested in the development of further research on the intersection of disability, communication and media, and participate as members of the International Communication Association (ICA).

Steering Committee

(in alphabetical order)

• Meryl Alper (Northeastern U, USA)

• Lorenzo Dalvit (Rhodes U, South Africa)

• Liz Ellcessor (U of Virginia, USA)

• Katie Ellis (Curtin University, Australia)

• Bev Enion (Sheffield U, UK)

• Gerard Goggin (Western Sydney University, Australia)

• Ria Gualano (Cornell U, USA)

• Beth Haller (Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment, USA)

• Ashleigh Haw (University of Canberra, Australia) 

• Deanna Holroyd (Akita International University, Japan) 

• Chelsea Temple Jones (Brock University, Canada) 

• Jenny Kennedy (RMIT, Australia) 

• Amanda Lagerkvist (Uppsala University, Sweden)

• Dyah Pitaloka (Monash University, Indonesia)

• Samira Rajabi (UC Boulder, USA) 

• Valquiria Ramos Obregón (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile)

• Jess Rauchberg (Leeds, UK)

• Abdul Rohman (RMIT, Vietnam)

• Krysten Stein (University of Cincinnati, USA)

• Wenqi Tan (University of Sydney, Australia)

• Filippo Trevisan (American University, USA) 

• Zhouxiao Xie (Nanjing University, China) 

• M. Remi Yergeau (Carleton University, Canada)

• Kuansong Victor Zhuang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)