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CURRICULUM VITAE A. Name

Rod Michalko Associate Professor of Sociology (tenure stream) Department of Sociology and Anthropology St. Francis Xavier University P.O. Box 5000, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5 Email: rmichalk@stfx.ca

B. Degrees Held Ph.D The University of British Columbia,

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1980 Dissertation title: The Ethnographic Possibility

MA The University of British Columbia,

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1977 Thesis title: Accomplishing the Sighted World

BA. (Honours) The University of Winnipeg,

Department of Sociology, 1976 Hon. thesis title: Theory and Practice in Sociology

C. Employment History 2006-07 Sabbatical Leave. Associate Professor of Sociology (tenure stream), Department of

Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

2003-2005 Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University,

Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 2002-07 Honorary Research Associate, School of Graduate Studies, University of New

Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 2002 Awarded tenure, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier

University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 2001 Promoted to Associate Professor of Sociology (tenure stream), Department of

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Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

2000-2001 Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure stream), Department of Sociology

and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 1998-2000 Contractually Limited Appointment - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department

of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

1991 George Brown College, summer course in Introductory Sociology, Toronto, Ontario.

1985-89 Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure stream), Department of Sociology,

Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta. 1984-85 Contractually Limited Appointment - Assistant Professor of Sociology,

The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. Related Teaching Experience 1989-96 Senior Trainer (Employment Equity and Human Rights), Management Board

Secretariat, Ontario Government, Toronto. 1983 Post-Doctoral Internship, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Child and Family Studies, Toronto, Ontario. 1980-83 Director, Research and Staff Development, Centre for Research and

Consultation on Blindness, The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, National Office, Toronto, Ontario.

D. Academic Honours 2006 Nominated for the St. Francis Xavier University, Outstanding Teacher of the

Year Award. 2006 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 2004 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 2003 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 2002 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 2001 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 2000 St. Francis Xavier University Research Publication Award (URPTA) 1999 St. Francis Xavier University Research and Publication Award (URPTA) 1977/78/79 The Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship 1976 The Canada Council Special MA Scholarship

1976 The University of Winnipeg Gold Medal in Sociology E. Scholarly and Professional Academic Activities (past 7 years) 2003-2005 Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University,

Antigonish, Nova Scotia. University Committees Faculty of Arts Representative on Chair Selection Committee, St. Francis Xavier University Faculty of Arts Lecture Series Committee, St. Francis Xavier University Faculty of Arts Representative on the St. Francis Xavier University Committee on Disability Issues. Curriculum Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Francis Xavier University Community Service 2006 –Present Society for Disability Studies, Board Member. Dec., 2000 (Up-dated and Re-aired Aug., 2001) CBC Radio, Maritime Magazine Show, “The

Two In One.” (This interview conducted with Tanya Titchkosky and me was nominated for the Canadian Human Rights Award.) 35 minutes.

Oct., 2000 Guest speaker for the National Education Association of Disabled Students

(NEADS), St. Francis Xavier University. 1998 - 2000 Board Member, Antigonish/Guysborough Disability Coalition. Invited Addresses The Disability Studies Seminar Series. New College, University of Toronto, November 3rd, 2006. Speaker: The Double Trouble of Disability and Disability Studies. Association of Parents of Visually Impaired Students. Annual Meeting, Muncton, New Brunswick. May 2003. Keynote Address: What’s Special about Special Education? Atlantic Provincial Special Educational Association. Annual Meeting, Halifax, April 2002. Keynote Address: Parents, Children and the Reclaiming of Disability. National Supported Employment and Disability Conference, Halifax, November 2001. Keynote Address: Stereotypes and Mythology De-bunked. Society for Disability Studies, Chicago, June 2000. Estranged Familiarity: Doing Disability Studies. The Paul Jones Memorial Lecture on Disability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.,

April, 2000. (This lecture is co-supported by the UBC Disability Resource Centre and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.) Panel Organizer with Dr. T. Titchkosky, “Disability and Technology: The Reconfiguration of the Uncommon Senses into a Common Identity” and Presenter of “The Blending of Social Identity and Mobility Devices in Blind People.” Uncommon Sense, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. April, 2000. Is Attitude Everything?, Partners 2000 “Attitude is Everything,” Human Resources Development Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia. March, 2000. The Formation of Disability Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, Workshop presented to Senior Management Group, Truro, Nova Scotia. December, 1999. Diversity and Disability in the Work Place, Human Resources Development Canada, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. October, 1999. Papers Delivered to Professional Associations Co- organizer, with Dr. T. Titchkosky of “Re-Imagining Altertity as a Space of Possibility” and presenter of “Re-visiting the Difference that Disability can Make” for the 19th Annual Society for Disability Studies (SDS) Conference, Washington, DC, June 2006. Organizer for the “Textual Enactment of Disability,” and presenter of “Disability and the Act of Suffering,” Congress, CRSA, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, June 2003. “Useless Difference: The Removal of Tracy Latimer.” Presented to the Discourse Analysis Group Conference. University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, September 2001. “Technology and Disability Identity.” Presented to the Society for Disability Studies International Conference, hosted by the Canadian Centre for Disability Studies, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2001. Co-organizer, with Dr. T. Titchkosky, of “Is Disability Really a Cracked Up Body” and presenter of Disability and the Natural Body. Presented to the Atlantic Association of Sociology and Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1999. Other Over the years, I have given talks and seminars and have consulted with several organizations with respect to disability issues. I have also made several media appearances with regard to these issues. Since arriving in Nova Scotia, I have given presentations on blindness and guide dogs for many of the regional elementary and secondary schools as well as to many community service organizations. By invitation, I have presented my work on disability to students and faculty in the department of Education at St. Francis Xavier University. I have always been involved in presenting my work on disability to a variety of community and media organizations and I continue this practice to this day. F. Graduate Supervisions (career numbers)

I have served as a committee member for a MA student in Sociology at the University of New Brunswick. I am currently a member on two PhD committees for students at Dalhousie University in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program. I am also acting as the external examiner for a PhD in Disability Studies at Queensland University in Australia. G. Graduate Courses (past 7 years) Since I have been at St. Francis Xavier University, I have taught several forth year Direct Studies courses in disability studies and social theories of the body. I have also supervised many honours theses in the areas of disability studies, the body, and social identity. Tanya Titchkosky and I developed two third year courses in disability studies, “Conceptions of Disability” and “Disability and Culture” (now Disability and Society, 236). I have conducted independent studies courses in disability studies with graduate students from both the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University. H. External Research Funding (past 7 years) 2006-2007 Co-Investigator for a three year standard SSHRC grant: “Organizing

Disablement: The University and Disability Experience,” with Dr. Tanya Titchkosky, Principle Investigator. (410-2006-2132 Accepted, $72, 000)

2002 Co-Investigator for a three year standard SSHRC grant: “Disability and Rural

Life.” Accepted but not funded (4A). 1999 Principal Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Standard

Three Year Grant with Dr. Tanya Titchkosky (Co-Investigator). Awarded for the study of “The Influence of Technology on the Formation of the Social Identity of Blind and Learning Disabled Persons.” (Grant # 410-99-0774)

I. Internal Research Funding None J. Publications

Life-time summary

Scholarly Books (authored) = 3 Scholarly Books (authored) – in progress = 2

Articles (peer reviewed) = 11 Book Reviews = 2 Details (past 7 years) Books The Difference that Disability Makes, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002. The Two-In-One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness, Philadelphia: Temple

University Press, 1999. Books in Progress Double Trouble: Disability and Disability Studies White as a Cane: Short Stories of Blindness - unpublished manuscript. Articles (peer reviewed) “Double Trouble: Disability and Disability Studies in Education” 2006. for International Handbook of Disability Studies in Education, Volume I. Editors Susan L. Gabel, Scot Danforth, Julie Allan, Beth Ferri, Anita Ghai, Susan Peters, Valerie Harwood. Place: Peter Lang. (Accepted) “‘I’ve Got a Blind Prof’: The Place of Blindness in the Academy,” 2003. Eds. Diane P. Freeman and Martha Stoddard Holmes. The Teacher’s Body: Embodiment, Authority and Identity in the Academy. New York: State University of New York Press. 69-82. “Estranged-Familiarity,” 2002. In eds. Marian Corker and Tom Shakespeare, Disability and Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory. London: Continuum (formerly Cassell): 175 - 184. “Blindness Enters the Classroom” 2001. Disability and Society. Vol. 16 (3): 349 - 359. “Putting Disability in its Place: It’s Not a Joking Matter,” 2001. Co-authored with Tanya Titchkosky, in eds. James C. Wilson and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, Embodied Rhetorics: Disability In Language and Culture. Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 200-228. (Pages 200 - 213 are exclusively my authorship.) Book Reviews

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Book review, 2001, in Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology , Volume 38 (4) of Leslie Irvine Codependent Forevermore: The Invention of a Self in a Twelve Step Group (1999): 477-478.