Lab Members

The Disability Publics Lab hosts a growing team of faculty, staff, students, and researchers. Here are a few of our members:

• Dr. Idil Abdillahi (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
  Director of S.I.T.Y Lab (external link) 
• Dr. Eliza Chandler (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Executive Director, Office of Social Innovation
  Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
• Tali Cherniawsky (they/them) (opens in new window) 
  Lab Coordinator, Disability Publics Lab
• Dr. Esther Ignagni (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Executive Director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
  Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Lynn Lavallee (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Strategic Lead, Indigenous Resurgence, Faculty of Community Services;
  Professor, School of Social Work; Interim Director, School of Disability Studies
• Lauren Munro (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Researcher and Instructor, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Flávia Novais (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Ethel Louise Armstrong Post-Doctoral Fellow
• Dr. Merrick Pilling (he/him) (opens in new window) 
  Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies

Collaborators

• Dr. Megan Johnson (she/her) (external link, opens in new window) 
  Researcher
  The Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice, University of Guelph
• Lokchi Lam (he/they)
  Research Assistant
  PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture
• Juan Escobar-Lamanna (he/him) (external link, opens in new window) 
  Researcher
  PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
• By Clients for Clients Group 
  Bellwoods Centres for Community Living (external link, opens in new window) 

Past Members

• Dr. Ricky Varghese (any pronoun)
  Research Associate, School of Disability Studies
• Rob Colgate (he/she/they) (external link) 
  Research Assistant
  Fullbright Scholar, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Rana El Kadi (she/her)
  Researcher
  Contract Lecturer, School of Disability Studies
• Kelly Flinn (she/her)
  Researcher and Project Coordinator, School of Disability Studies
  Program Assistant, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching