Volume 21(1) Winter/Spring Issue, 2022

Special Issue: COVID-19, Disability, & the Sociological Imagination

Guest Edited by Tiffany Taylor, Marni Brown, & Samantha Nousak

Guest Editor Biographies

Introduction to the Special Issue

“COVID-19, Disability, and the Sociological Imagination.” – Samantha Nousak

Research & Review Articles

1. “‘Because COVID Ruined Everything’: The Impact of Learning Modalities and Accommodations on Students with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” – Shawna Bendeck

2. “The ‘New Normal’ for Disabled Students: Access, Inclusion, and COVID-19.” – Paul DC Bones & Vanessa Ellison

3. “Rejecting a Pre-COVID 19 Normal: An Autohistoria-Teoría Exploring (Dis) Ability Justice Reform in Higher Education.” – Chimine Arfuso

4. “When a Global Pandemic Makes Life More Accessible to Those with Invisible Disabilities.” – Gretchen Peterson

5. “Older Black Workers’ Resilience: Navigating Work and Health Risks with Chronic Conditions.” – Kendra Jason

6. “Exploring the Differential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Employees with Disabilities: A Call for Organizational Action.” – Nicole L. Gullekson, Christa Kiersch, Christine Manno, Erica G. Srinivasan, & Jorg Vianden

7. “‘It’s a gift…and a curse’ : How COVID Reframed Our Understanding of Disability as an Intersectional Identity.” – Tanya N. Cook 

8. “The Invisibilities of Disability: Compiling Conversations.” – Heather E. Dillaway, Allison Jendry James, & Amanda J. Horn

9. “Hidden Bodies: Queer Variant Ability, Intimacy & COVID-19.” – Emily Stevens & Stella Tarnoff

10. “Dys-Feminicide: Conceptualizing the Feminicides of Women and Girls with Disabilities.” – Valérie Grand’Maison and Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente

11. “Isolation, Fear, and Anger: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pregnancy and Childbirth.” – Beth Cavalier & Pamela Regus

12. “Hawai’i to Hospice: Terminal Illness during a Global Pandemic.” – Sheila M. Katz & Daniel S. Haworth

Podcast- Disability and COVID Conversations