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Dr. Tanya Titchkosky and Dr. Rod Michalko Contribute Foreword to Disability and the University (2nd ed)

January 1, 2026

We are excited to celebrate the release of the second edition of (Peter Land, 2025), edited by Christopher McMaster and Benjamin Whitburn. This edition features a new foreword by SJE Professors Dr. Tanya Titchkosky and Dr. Rod Michalko, building on the first edition’s foreword by Mike Oliver. 

This second edition continues to serve as "a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essential supports and rights universities should provide." 

Dr. Tanya Titchkosky is a Professor of Disability Studies in Social Justice Education and a leading scholar in disability studies. She has written Disability, Self and Society and co-edited DisAppearing: Encounters in Disability Studies

Dr. Rod Michalko, a blind disability studies theorist, retired from teaching at Social Justice Education, OISE, New College, York University, among other places. Internationally recognized for his books and essays on disability studies, Michalko’s latest, in both audio and print, is Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More than Human Questions

Three-image splice. Left: Tanya Titchkosky headshot, a white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair with bangs, wears a blue and black top and a necklace, smiles. Middle: cover of DISABILITY AND THE UNIVERSITY: A Disabled Students' Manifesto, 2nd Ed. Christopher McMaster AND Benjamin Whitburn, EDITORS. FOREWORD TO SECOND ED BY Tanya Titchkosky & Rod Michalko. it is a green cover with centre image of students protesting. Right: Rod Michalko, white man wears sunglasses and dark shirt, smiles, blue hue.

Congratulations to Dr. Titchkosky and Dr. Michalko for the distinction of contributing a foreword to a vital work in disability and higher education.

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