Lab Members

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

• Dr. Esther Ignagni (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Director and Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Eliza Chandler (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Associate Professor, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Idil Abdillahi (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Assistant Professor, School of Disability Studies
  Director of S.I.T.Y Lab (external link) 
• Dr. Merrick Pilling (he/him) (opens in new window) 
  Assistant Professor, School of Disability Studies
• Lauren Munro (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Limited Term Faculty, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Ricky Varghese (any pronoun) (opens in new window) 
  Research Associate, School of Disability Studies
• Tali Cherniawsky (they/them)
  Lab Coordinator, Disability Publics Lab
• Rob Colgate (he/she/they) (external link) 
  Research Assistant
  Fullbright Scholar, School of Disability Studies
• Dr. Rana El Kadi (she/her) (opens in new window) 
  Researcher
  Contract Lecturer, 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)