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Signs of Change
Brenda Brueggemann and the Disability Studies minor
As associate professor of English, Director of the First-Year Writing
Program, and a prime force the effort to create a new Disability Studies
Minor at Ohio State, Brenda Brueggeman hasn't let her hearing impairment
slow her down one bit.
Professor Brueggeman's scholarship in deaf/disability studies has won
her many accolades, but her dedication to diversity issues is more than
cerebral. Brueggemann has developed courses in disability studies, organized
and served as presenter for workshops and colloquia on deafness and
other disabilities in the classroom, and has served as chair of the
College of Humanities Diversity Committee and as faculty adviser for
Students for Disability Awareness. She coordinated a national interdisciplinary
colloquium in 1998 on"Enabling the Humanities," has served
as co-chair of the Modern Language Association Committee on Disability
Issues in the Profession and is a trustee for the Central Ohio Deaf
Services Center. Brueggemann is acknowledged as a role model and mentor
who has brought"'real life' changes to the lives of students with
disabilities." For these and other efforts, she was presented a
2001 Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award, by then-President Kirwan
and Provost Ray.
Related links:
Professor
Brueggemann's homepage
Department of English at
Ohio State
Office for Disability Services
ADA Coordinator's Office
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