• Embracing an Asset-based Model of Neurodiversity: Challenges and Academic Supports

    Neurodiversity is a concept or movement that emphasizes that neurological differences should be recognized and respected as a variation of human wiring rather than a disease (Armstrong, 2011; Clouder et al., 2020). While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often identified as its primary focus, neurodiversity is an umbrella term that includes other neurological conditions such…


  • Reading and Low-Stakes Writing Across the Curriculum

    About the author: Ashley Vaughn (she/her) is an Instructor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences, teaching courses in the Health Promotion and Health Behavior Department. After graduating from the University of Idaho in 2013, Ashley taught high school science in Philadelphia, PA, Passaic, NJ, and Detroit, MI. In 2019, Ashley decided to…


  • Transformative Approaches to Social Justice Education: Equity and Access in the Undergraduate Classroom

    About the author: Nana Osei-Kofi is Director of OSU’s Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program and Associate Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. As a critical feminist scholar, a key area of inquiry with which Osei-Kofi engages focuses on structural shifts in higher education in the service of equity and access through curriculum transformation, change…