Disability Studies

Rebecca Monteleone

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Assistant Professor, Disability and Technology

https://rebeccamonteleone.com/

Phone: (419) 530 7259
University Hall 4420C
rebecca.monteleone@utoledo.edu

MS 920
The University of Toledo
2801 W. Bancroft St.
Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Disability and Technology; Science and Technology Studies; Crip Technoscience; Medical Technology; Feminist Disability Studies; Qualitative Research Methods; Intellectual Disability; Genetic Testing; Engineering Ethics; Global Issues in Disability Studies; Emancipatory and Participatory Research Methods;

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
2020 PhD Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology
Graduate Certificate, Gender Studies
2016 MA, The University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Intellectual and Developmental Disability (Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research)
Fulbright Postgraduate Scholar
2014 BA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Disability Studies
EMPLOYMENT
2020-present Assistant Professor, The University of Toledo

Publications

BOOKS
Under Contract Bodily Transgressions: Disability, Authority, and Medical Technology in the 21st Century. University of Minnesota Press.
2022 Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation (anthology co-edited with Nina Berman). University of Michigan Press.
SELECTED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
In Press

"Complexity as Epistemic Oppression: Writing People with Intellectual Disabilities Back into Philosophy" in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy.  

 

With Ally Day, "Wearing Danger: Surveillance, Control and               Quantified Healthism in American Medicine," in Who is FemTech  For?  (edited by Lindsay Balfour, Palgrave MacMillan). 

 

With Noeline Prins, Joana Saldado-Magraner, Joanne E. Nash, Michael Young, and Laura Cabrera, "Reexamining the Ethical, Legal, Social, and Cultural Implications for Cochlear Implants through a Novel Neuroethics Framework" in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society.

2023

With Salah Hamdoun, Teri Bookman, and Katina Michael. "AI-Based and Digital Mental Health Apps: Balancing Risk and Need" in IEEE Technology & Society Magazine. 42 (1), 25-36. doi: 10.1109/MTS.2023.3241309.

2022

With Amy Silverman and Beena Raghavendran, "Intellectual Disability and Epistemic Justice in Journalism: Reflections from a Pilot Project" in Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.

2021

With Geovanna Rodriguez, Vidya Munandar, and Jenn Bumble. "Blurring the Boundaries: Reflections from Early Career Faculty during the COVID-19 Era" in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 59 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-59.1.1

2020

"Forgotten Publics: Considering Disabled Perspectives in Responsible Research and Innovation" in Journal of Responsible Innovation, 7 (Sup 1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2020.1831366.

 

With Salah Hamdoun, Katina Michael, and Terri Bookman, "Assistive Technologies for Greatly Improved Quality of Life for People Living with MND/ALS" in IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. DOI: 10.1109/MCE.2020.3035523.

2019

With Katina Michael, "'Microchipping People is a Bad Idea': An Interview with Andreas Sjostrom" in IEEE Technology and Society Magazine,38 (2), 18-21. DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2019.2913066.

2018

"Beyond Participation: Empowering People with Disabilities in Research and Design" in Technology and Innovation 20: 133-139.

 

With Mateo Pimentel, A Privileged Bodymind: The Entanglement of Ableism and Capitalism" in International Journal of Economic Development 12/1: 63-81.

2017

With Rachel Forrester-Jones, "‘Disability means, uh, dysfunctioning people': A qualitative analysis of the meaning and experience of disability among adults with intellectual disabilities" in Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability 30/2: 301-315.

2016

"Employment for All: United States Disability Policy" in Tizard Learning Disability Review 21/3: 154-161.

Selected Digital Media
On-going

Telling It Our Way: Stories from the Everyday Lives of Self-Advocates with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Podcast; WGTE; Co-host and producer)

2022

What Makes Writing More Readable? (with Jamie Brewer), The Pudding. [Link]

2021

Plain Language Summary and Translation, Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau [Link]

*Note: Plain language uses clear, familiar language and simplified sentence structure to make professional writing more accessible to more people, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2020

Plain Language Translation; State of Denial by Amy Silverman, ProPublica. [Link] (Finalist for Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics)

*Note: Plain language uses clear, familiar language and simplified sentence structure to make professional writing more accessible to more people, including people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

 

Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act Easy-To-Read Booklet, Mid-Atlantic ADA Center. [Link]

2019 Provide the Pencils, Don't Write the Story: Recommendations for Young Researchers, Opening Pathways Partner Toolkit. [Link]
2018 Have We Crossed the Rubicon? Disability and Contemporary Eugenics, Eugenic Rubicon: California's Sterilization Stories. [Link]

SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2022 Research Awards and Fellowships Program, University of Toledo
2019 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
2016-2018 National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
Alliance of Person-Centered Accessible Technologies 
2014-2015

Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship
US-UK Fulbright Commission, University of Kent

Editorial Experience

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Consulting Editor, 2021-present.

Journal of Science Policy and Governance. Associate Editor, 2018-2020.

Last Updated: 8/18/23