Disability􀀁Division􀀁
Spring Newsletter􀀁
May􀀁2022􀀁
Disability􀀁Division􀀁
Spring Newsletter􀀁
May􀀁2022􀀁
Table 
of 
Contents 



Page 
1: 
Introduction 
Page 
2: 
Disability 
Division 
Membership 
Reminders 



Page 
3: 
New 
Co-Chair 
Announcement 
Page 
4: 
Graduate 
Student 
Competition 
Results 
Page 
5-7: 
Disability 
Division 
Session 
List 
2022 
Page 
8-13: 
Call 
for 
Papers 
Charles 
Corbett 
Page 
14: 
Fellowship 
Announcement 
Page 
15: 
Member 
Publication 
Spotlight 
Greetings from the Disability Division 
Co-Chairs 


Hello! 


We 
hope 
this 
newsletter 
finds 
you 
all 
safe 
and 
well. 
As 
the 
world 
continues 
to 
open 
back 
up, 
we 
wish 
you 
well 
and 
hope 
you 
continue 
to 
be 
safe 
and 
healthy! 


A 
few 
initial 
announcements 
for 
you 
all: 


We 
will 
be 
taking 
part 
in 
the 
joint 
division-sponsored 
reception 
at 
the 
Omni 
Los 
Angeles 
Hotel 
at 
California 
Plaza 
(SSSP 
conference 
hotel) 
on 
Saturday, 
August 
6 
from 
7:15pm-8:15pm 
(immediately 
following 
the 
Awards 
Ceremony). 
There 
will 
be 
complimentary 
beer, 
wine, 
non-alcoholic 
beverages, 
and 
hors 
d’oeuvres. 
Unfortunately, 
we 
were 
not 
able 
to 
schedule 
a 
co-sponsored 
reception 
with 
the 
ASA 
Disability 
& 
Society 
section 
this 
year. 
If 
any 
members 
would 
like 
to 
volunteer 
to 
plan 
an 
off-site 
reception 
for 
our 
division, 
please 
contact 
Loren 
(wilbersl@uww.edu) 
and 
Catherine 
(cv1360@hunter.cuny.edu). 


Our 
disability 
division 
business 
meeting 
will 
take 
place 
on 
Friday, 
August 
5th. 
4:30-6:10 
p.m. 
Location: 
Bunker 
Hill. 



Reminder 
for 
SSSP 
Disability 
Division 
Membership! 


Attention 
members! 
If 
you 
have 
not 
already, 
please 
renew 
your 
memberships 
and/or 
register 
for 
the 
annual 
meeting! 


If 
you 
are 
interested 
in 
running 
for 
an 
elected 
position 
in 
the 
2023 
General 
Election, 
please 
contact 
the 
Administrative 
Office, 
sssp@utk.edu, 
with 
any 
questions. 


(Link 
to 
online 
nomination 
form: 
https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/848/2022_General_Election_ 
Nomination_Form/) 



Welcome 
to 
our 
new 
SSSP 
Disability 
Division 
Co-Chair: 


Dr. 
Alan 
Martino 



Dr. 
Alan 
Martino 
(he/him) 
is 
a 
faculty 
member 
in 
the 
Community 
Rehabilitation 
and 
Disability 
Studies 
program 
in 
the 
Department 
of 
Community 
Health 
Sciences 
(Cumming 
School 
of 
Medicine) 
at 
the 
University 
of 
Calgary. 
His 
main 
research 
interests 
are 
in 
critical 
disability 
studies, 
gender 
and 
sexualities; 
feminist 
and 
critical 
disability 
studies 
theories; 
qualitative 
and 
community-based 
research 
(particularly 
participatory 
and 
inclusive 
research 
methodologies). 
His 
research 
agenda 
engages 
with 
medical 
sociology, 
the 
sociologies 
of 
gender 
and 
sexualities 
and 
critical 
disability 
studies, 
as 
well 
as 
their 
intersections, 
to 
theorize 
and 
empirically 
examine 
the 
perspectives, 
challenges, 
and 
triumphs 
of 
disabled 
people 
concerning 
sexuality. 
More 
importantly, 
his 
research 
makes 
space 
for 
disabled 
people 
to 
share 
their 
own 
experiences 
with 
love 
and 
intimacy. 


His 
work 
has 
been 
published 
in 
multiple 
journals, 
including 
Disability 
Studies 
Quarterly, 
Journal 
of 
Applied 
Research 
in 
Intellectual 
Disabilities, 
and 
Culture, 
Health 
and 
Sexuality, 
as 
well 
as 
different 
edited 
volumes 
focused 
on 
disability 
and/or 
sexualities 
studies. 
He 
has 
also 
co-edited 
three 
special 
journal 
issues 
focused 
on 
inclusive 
approaches 
to 
sexuality 
education 
for 
disabled 
people, 
the 
emerging 
dialogue 
between 
critical 
disability 
studies 
and 
critical 
animal 
studies, 
and 
disability 
studies 
in 
education. 
More 
recently, 
he 
has 
also 
been 
invested 
in 
creating 
a 
Disability 
and 
Intimate 
Citizenship 
Advocacy 
and 
Research 
Hub 
hosted 
by 
the 
University 
of 
Calgary, 
which 
will 
bring 
together 
scholars, 
activists, 
and 
people 
with 
lived 
experiences, 
and 
support 
the 
work 
of 
creating 
new 
"crip" 
sexual 
cultures. 


Dr. 
Martino 
has 
been 
involved 
in 
the 
Society 
for 
the 
Study 
of 
Social 
Problems 
since 
he 
was 
a 
graduate 
student. 
In 
it, 
he 
found 
a 
welcoming 
space 
where 
he 
could 
connect 
with 
colleagues, 
build 
important 
and 
long-lasting 
mentorship 
relationships, 
and 
keep 
up 
with 
the 
latest 
research. 
Now, 
in 
the 
Co-Chair 
position, 
he 
is 
excited 
with 
the 
opportunity 
to 
give 
back 
to 
division. 



Graduate 
Student 
Paper 
Competition 
Results: 


The 
1st 
place 
winner 
is 
Eileen 
Huey: 


Paper 
Title: 
“False 
Confession 
in 
Wrongful 
Convictions: 
An 
Analysis 
of 
Age, 
Cognitive 
Disability 
and 
False 
Confession 
among 
Exonerees.” 


The 
2nd 
Place 
Runner 
Up 
is 
Dilshan 
Fernando: 


Paper 
Title: 
“The 
Limited 
Use 
of 
ICT 
Solutions 
for 
Peripheral 
Inaccessibilities 
Faced 
by 
People 
with 
Disabilities 
in 
Myanmar." 



Disability 
Division 
Session 
List 
2022 


Session title: Opioids, Chronic Pain, and Disability 
Sponsors: Disability, Drinking and Drugs 


Organizer, Presider & Discussant: Alexis A. Bender, Emory University 


Description: 


Papers in this session explore the intersection of chronic pain, opioid use, and disability 
across contexts. Papers examine individual and policy level patterns of opioid use and 
opioid prescribing. 


Papers: 


“Not What We Wanted, Right?’ The Impact of Opioid Prescribing Limits Legislation on 
Chronic Pain Patients in North Carolina,” Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, University of North 
Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, Natalie A. Blackburn and Nabarun Dasgupta, University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Maryalice Nocera, University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research 
Center and Shabbar I. Ranapurwala, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 


“Recent Opioid Use and Access to the Kidney Transplant Waitlist Among Older Adults 
with Kidney Failure,” Alexis A. Bender, Adam S. Wilk, Laura McPherson, 
Courtney R. Yarbrough and Laura C. Plantinga, Emory University 


“Social Isolation and Significant Others - Impact on Suburban Mothers Using Opioids,” 
Elisabeth M. M. Matuska and Aukje Lamonica, Southern Connecticut State University 


“The Significance of ‘Mattering’: Exploring the Experiences of Military Veterans Living 
with PTSD, Substance Use Harms, and Pain While Working alongside Service Dogs,” 
Alexandria R. Pavelich, University of Saskatchewan 


“I Need to be Her Rock’: Caregiving in Marriages Impacted by Rheumatoid Arthritis,” 
Monnica Gavin, Clark State College 



Disability 
Division 
Session 
List 
2022 


Session title: Disability and Work 


Sponsors: Disability 
Labor Studies 


Organizer: Fitore Hyseni, Syracuse University 
Presider: Fatma Altunkol Wise, Syracuse University 


Description: 
This session will discuss experiences of people with disabilities in the workplace. 
Papers: 
“Conceptualizing the Role of a Radical Mental Health Doula: A New Approach to Care,” 
Tiffany Boulton and Joanna C. Rankin, University of Calgary 


“Making Inclusion Visible. Building Trust for Fostering the Disclosure of Disabilities at 
Work,” Lisa Buchter and Rachel Le Marois, Emlyon Business School 


“Occupational Attainments of Persons Living wth Cystic Fibrosis: Can Obstacles be 
Removed by Family Resources?” David Pichonnaz, University of Applied Sciences and 
Arts Western Switzerland 


“The College to Career Transition – The Power of Networks and Social Capital,” 
Melinda J. Messineo, Ball State University 


“The Commodification of the Autistic Individual,” Averie M. Thompson, The George Washington 
University 



Disability 
Division 
Session 
List 
2022 


Session title: Nothing About Us Without Us: Intersections of Disability, Race and 
Ethnicity 


Sponsors: Disability, Racial and Ethnic Minorities 


Organizers: Rahsaan H. Mahadeo, Providence College, Loren Wilbers, University of 
Wisconsin-Whitewater 


Presider/Discussant: Loren Wilbers, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 


Description: This session includes a range of papers carefully examining the 
intersections of disability, race, & ethnicity. Topics include workplace discrimination, 
physical and cognitive impairments, education and transition planning, and intimate 
partner violence. 


Papers: 


“Disability Discrimination in the Legal Profession: Negotiating (In)visible Identities,” 
Fatma Altunkol Wise and Fitore Hyseni, Syracuse University 


“Intimate Partner Violence and Women with Disabilities: Myths, Policies, and 
Advocacy,” Alison F. Leslie, Widener University 


“Moving from Exclusion to Inclusion: An Examination of College Students with 
Disabilities,” Ben Sher, New York University Silver School of Social Work 


“Victimization Experiences of Women with Disabilities in Lagos, Nigeria,” Muhammed-
Faisol Olaitan, University of Ibadan 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


Submissions 
open: 
May 
1, 
2022. 
Deadline: 
September 
30, 
2022. 


Motivation 
and 
Background 


The 
imperative 
for 
Diversity, 
Equity, 
and 
Inclusion 
(DEI) 
has 
never 
been 
more 
important 
in 
our 
individual 
and 
collective 
mindsets. 
DEI 
can 
be 
defined 
in 
several 
ways 
and 
can 
be 
implemented 
using 
a 
variety 
of 
approaches. 
Specifically, 
diversity 
can 
be 
recognized 
in 
terms 
of 
demographic 
variables 
such 
as 
race, 
ethnicity, 
gender, 
national 
origin, 
sexual 
orientation, 
individual 
and 
team 
abilities 
and 
disabilities, 
personality 
types, 
pay, 
military 
status, 
marital 
status, 
ability, 
and 
age, 
among 
others. 
Equity 
traditionally 
has 
dealt 
with 
ideas 
of 
reward 
to 
effort. 
At 
a 
systemic 
level, 
equity 
is 
also 
related 
to 
notions 
of 
fairness. 
Inclusion 
increases 
belongingness 
of 
individuals 
and 
entities 
within 
a 
system 
while 
retaining 
their 
essential 
uniqueness. 
DEI 
is 
often 
thought 
of 
primarily 
as 
a 
human 
resources 
/ 
organizational 
behavior 
issue. 
However, 
it 
interacts 
with 
operations 
and 
supply 
chains 
in 
various 
ways, 
some 
of 
which 
we 
already 
know 
but 
many 
others 
are 
not 
yet 
understood. 
This 
special 
issue 
aims 
to 
explore 
these 
interactions 
between 
DEI 
and 
operations 
and 
supply 
chain 
management 
(OM/SCM). 


Objectives 
of 
the 
special 
issue 


The 
objective 
of 
the 
special 
issue 
is 
to 
diversify 
the 
research 
that 
is 
already 
being 
done 
on 
DEI 
in 
OM/SCM, 
and 
to 
include 
a 
broader 
range 
of 
perspectives 
and 
methodologies 
in 
this 
domain. 
Submissions 
to 
the 
special 
issue 
should 
demonstrate 
clear 
relevance 
to 
the 
field 
of 
OM/SCM, 
but 
should 
also 
be 
well-grounded 
in 
the 
literatures 
relevant 
to 
the 
specific 
aspect 
of 
DEI 
being 
studied, 
e.g., 
in 
disability, 
healthcare, 
entrepreneurship, 
designing 
social 
systems 
and 
supply 
chains, 
organizational 
behavior, 
sociology, 
anthropology, 
political 
economics, 
or 
other. 
Interdisciplinary 
work 
and 
co-authorship 
with 
scholars 
and 
practitioners 
in 
the 
DEI 
space 
who 
can 
bring 
perspectives 
that 
are 
novel 
for 
the 
OM/SCM 
community 
are 
strongly 
encouraged. 
Further, 
we 
welcome 
articles 
that 
have 
policy 
implications 
at 
both 
firm 
and 
societal 
level. 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


Submission 
types 
and 
review 
process 


The 
special 
issue 
will 
consider 
two 
types 
of 
articles: 


· 
Research 
articles: 
Research 
articles 
should 
preferably 
be 
no 
more 
than 
4000 
words. 
The 
special 
issue 
is 
methods-agnostic. 
These 
articles 
should 
include 
brief 
motivation, 
literature 
review, 
analysis, 
key 
results, 
and 
a 
short 
discussion 
of 
implications 
for 
DEI 
for 
OM/SCM. 
With 
regard 
to 
articles 
based 
on 
data, 
additional 
tables 
and 
robustness 
checks 
should 
be 
relegated 
to 
(online) 
appendices. 
Further, 
the 
contribution 
of 
any 
specific 
hypothesis 
is 
more 
important 
than 
the 
number 
of 
hypotheses. 
Articles 
longer 
than 
4000 
words 
will 
also 
be 
considered 
but 
the 
additional 
length 
needs 
to 
be 
justified 
by 
additional 
contribution. 


· 
Analytical 
essays 
and 
brief 
reports: 
Analytical 
essays 
and 
brief 
reports 
should 
focus 
on 
critical 
analysis 
of 
key 
issues 
in 
DEI 
that 
directly 
have 
OM/SCM 
implications. 
The 
purpose 
of 
the 
analytical 
essays 
and 
brief 
reports 
is 
to 
educate 
the 
broader 
OM/SCM 
community 
on 
potential 
implications 
of 
DEI 
for 
OM/SCM. 
These 
articles 
can 
highlight 
issues 
of 
contemporary 
relevance 
and 
deepen 
our 
understanding 
of 
DEI 
issues 
within 
OM/SCM. 
The 
articles 
in 
this 
category 
should 
be 
no 
more 
than 
3000 
words, 
including 
motivation, 
a 
brief 
literature 
review 
(that 
makes 
appropriate 
connections 
to 
OM/SCM 
and 
other 
disciplines), 
critical 
analyses 
(which 
could 
be 
based 
on 
arguments 
and 
potentially 
raw 
data 
but 
do 
not 
necessarily 
include 
detailed 
statistical 
or 
mathematical 
analysis), 
and 
implications 
for 
OM/SCM. 
An 
analytical 
essay 
can 
be 
based 
on 
careful 
analysis 
of 
existing 
literature 
with 
translation 
to 
implications 
for 
OM/SCM; 
a 
brief 
report 
will 
be 
based 
on 
observations 
from 
practice. 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


An imperfect analogy of an analytical essay could be Nerenz et al. (2021) from the Health Affairs Journal. 
Nerenz, D.R., Austin, J.M., Deutscher, D., Maddox, K.E.J., Nuccio, E.J., Teigland, C., Weinhandl, E. and 
Glance, L.G., 2021. Adjusting Quality Measures For Social Risk Factors Can Promote Equity In Health Care. 
Article draws on literature to review arguments for and against adjusting quality measures to account for 
social risk factors. Health Affairs, 40(4), pp.637-644, at 
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01764 
Another equally imperfect analogy of a brief report (in a different domain) could be Holshue et al. (2020) 
from the New England Journal of Medicine. 


Holshue, Michelle L., Chas DeBolt, Scott Lindquist, Kathy H. Lofy, John Wiesman, Hollianne Bruce, 
Christopher Spitters et al., 2020. Article describes the identification, diagnosis and management of the 
first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(10), 
pp. 929-936. 
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001191 


The guideline for reviewing such papers will be: “Do we think that OM scholars who are interested in DEI 
will learn something from reading this that might influence their future work in this field?” “Do the ideas 
articulated have clear basis in science and core operations management and supply chain principles? Are 
authors presenting enough evidence to support their claims? Can such ideas be implemented in the real 
world – i.e., firms and communities?” Papers that are based on individual opinions or on the experience 
of authors, without reasonable evidence from data or literature to support their claims, may not be 
sufficient. These papers will be reviewed by a team of senior editors recruited for the special issue, based 
on the extent to which the article educates the broader OM/SCM community on the implications of DEI 
for OM/SCM. 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


About the Production and Operations Management Journal 


The Production and Operations Management (POM) journal, founded in 1992, is one of the flagship 
journals in the discipline of Operations Management. It is one of the 50 journals used in the Financial 
Times Research Rank of business schools; it is included in the University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal 
School of Management’s list of 24 leading business journals and was one of the 20 journals included in 
the Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranking when that ranking still included a research component. The 2020 
impact factor for POM journal is 4.965. The median time from submission to first decision is 57 days as of 
2020. The journal received about 1422 submissions in 2021. 


Why publish in this special issue of POM? 


POM has a tradition of being an outlet for innovative work in OM/SCM, including a long list of special 
issues focused on topics that only entered the mainstream years later. The guest editors will work with 
the Production and Operations Management Society to enhance the visibility of this issue, for instance 
through the POMS podcast series (https://soundcloud.com/user-398873235), and by inviting blog posts 
that can accompany the special issue and that can be aimed at practitioner audiences. 


Submission guidelines 


·All papers need to confirm to the POM submission guidelines at 
https://www.poms.org/journal/author_instructions/ 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


·While the special issue welcomes all forms of data and methodologies for submissions, authors must 
pay careful attention to the provenance of their data. For example, data scraped from websites or 
obtained from non-traditional sources should comply with the applicable terms of use and confirm to the 
idea of fair use. Further, data should not be collected in a manner that causes harm to individuals or 
companies; approval by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or similar entity may be required but need 
not be sufficient. 


·For empirical and experimental studies, we encourage authors to pre-register their work at a site such as 
the Open Science Foundation (https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360021390833-Preregistration) or as 
Predicted (https://aspredicted.org/) or similar. 


·Please submit manuscripts through ScholarOne at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/poms. Please note 
that there are separate links for research papers and for analytical essays and brief reports: in the 
system they are identified as separate special issues due to the different review processes involved, but 
accepted papers will be combined into a single special issue. 


·All papers by authors that have a conflict of interest with either of the special issue editors will be 
handled by the Editor-in-Chief and others, not by the special issue editors. 


Projected Timeline 


·Submissions will be accepted from May 1, 2022. 
·September 30, 2022, First submission due. 
·Final decisions expected by September 2023. 
·For the process of submission, please see steps below. 



Call for papers: Special issue of Production and Operations Management 


“Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management” 


Guest Editors: 
Charles J. Corbett, UCLA Anderson School of Management 
Sriram Narayanan, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University 


Submission process 


Papers should be submitted through the POM manuscript central website: 
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/poms. 
For prompt processing, please follow the prompts below: On 
the author tab, please choose “Special issue” (See Image below) in Step 1 


In the drop down menu that then appears in Step 1, please select your article type. Both article types will 
be considered for the same special issue, but authors need to mark the specific article type within the 
special issue. 


If you are submitting a “research article” please choose the “Special issue on Diversity, Equity, and 
Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management - Research Article” category. 
If you are submitting an “Analytical essays and brief reports” article please choose the “Special issue on 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management - Analytical essays and brief 
reports” category. 


Follow the prompts on the screen. 


For Step 6, please upload a cover letter; please include in your letter the title of the special issue and the 
specific article type you are submitting . 


Towards the end of Step 6, please indicate “yes” for the question “Is this submission for a special issue?” 
and enter the title of the special issue in the text box below: “Special issue on Diversity, Equity, and 
Inclusion in Operations and Supply Chain Management”. 



Announcement 
for 
Undergraduate 
and 
Graduate 
Research 
Assistant 
Fellowships 


B. 
Ethan 
Coston 
(Associate 
Professor, 
Gender, 
Sexuality 
and 
Women's 
Studies 
at 
VCU) 
is 
recruiting 
for 
two 
REMOTE 
(!) 
student 
scholarship 
positions 
with 
the 
Sexual 
health, 
Erotic 
life, 
and 
pleasure 
eXperiencing 
(SEX) 
Assessment 
(funded 
by 
the 
Robert 
Wood 
Johnson 
Foundation's 
Pioneering 
Ideas 
program). 
Applications 
are 
due 
May 
15, 
2022 
and 
there 
will 
be 
two 
virtual 
info 
sessions 
held 
beforehand 
(April 
11 
and 
May 
4). 
See 
linked 
position 
description 
for 
more 
details 
and 
to 
register 
for 
the 
information 
sessions. 
Position 
#1: 
Predoctoral 
Scholarship 
(Community 
Steering 
Committee 
Director) 
-$58,500 
Position 
#2: 
Undergraduate 
Scholarship 
(Communications 
and 
Public 
Engagement 
Director) 
$
21,500 


The 
SEX 
Assessment 
is 
aimed 
at 
bringing 
together 
community 
members, 
students, 
scholars, 
policymakers 
and 
field 
experts 
to 
learn 
as 
much 
as 
possible 
about 
the 
pleasurable 
and 
positive 
aspects 
of 
sexuality. 
Using 
knowledge 
gained 
from 
daily 
dairies, 
focus 
groups, 
cognitive 
interviewing, 
and 
survey 
data, 
the 
multidisciplinary 
research 
team 
will 
measure 
and 
assess 
the 
breadth 
and 
depth 
of 
the 
sexuality 
prism, 
including 
sexual 
beliefs, 
desires, 
patterns 
of 
behaviors, 
and 
identities, 
with 
a 
focus 
on 
assets 
such 
as 
identity 
pride, 
community 
consciousness, 
self-esteem, 
affirmative 
models 
of 
consent, 
aspects 
of 
pleasure 
(including 
feelings, 
behaviors 
and 
physical 
outcomes), 
affirmative 
health 
behaviors 
and 
health-related 
outcomes. 
Together–and, 
with 
the 
goal 
of 
establishing 
a 
sustainable 
sexual 
health 
research 
center/institute–the 
team 
will 
inform 
meaningful 
and 
comprehensive 
community 
level 
sexual 
health 
initiatives, 
state 
and/or 
federal 
level 
sexual 
health 
education 
policies, 
and 
institutional/grant-funder 
priorities 
for 
sexual 
and 
gender 
minoritized 
health. 


The 
successful 
candidates 
will 
express 
a 
commitment 
to 
health 
equity 
among 
2LGBTQIA+ 
people/communities. 
The 
SEX 
Assessment 
is 
particularly 
interested 
in 
supporting 
scholars 
who 
continue 
to 
face 
systemic 
violence, 
including 
violence 
within 
higher 
education; 
specifically: 
Black, 
Indigenous, 
and 
People 
of 
Color, 
immigrants 
(particularly 
from 
the 
Latine/x 
Diaspora), 
2LGBTQIA+ 
individuals, 
disabled 
and 
neurodivergent 
folks, 
those 
who 
are 
the 
first 
in 
their 
families 
to 
go 
to 
college, 
and 
those 
who 
grew 
up 
in 
and/or 
continue 
to 
experience 
poverty 
or 
housing 
instability/homelessness, 
including 
all 
those 
who 
experience 
this 
systemic 
violence 
prismatically 
and 
multiplicatively. 



SSSP 
Disability 
Division 
Member 
Publication 
Highlight: 
Laura 
Mauldin 


Mauldin 
L, 
Brown 
RL. 
Missing 
Pieces: 
Engaging 
Sociology 
of 
Disability 
in 
Medical 
Sociology. 
Journal 
of 
Health 
and 
Social 
Behavior. 
2021;62(4):477-492. 
doi:10.1177/00221465211019358 


Abstract: 
Medical 
sociologists 
and 
sociologists 
of 
disability 
study 
similar 
topics 
but, 
because 
of 
competing 
or 
conflicting 
theoretical 
paradigms, 
tend 
to 
arrive 
at 
different 
conclusions, 
engage 
with 
different 
audiences, 
and 
pursue 
different 
directions 
for 
social 
change. 
Despite 
diverging 
trajectories 
over 
the 
past 
20 
years, 
however, 
there 
remains 
clear 
potential 
overlap 
between 
both 
subfields 
in 
the 
study 
of 
disability 
and 
untapped 
opportunities 
for 
cross-fertilization. 
Our 
purpose 
here 
is 
to 
place 
these 
literatures 
in 
conversation 
with 
each 
other. 
Toward 
this 
end, 
we 
identify 
major 
themes 
in 
the 
last 
20 
years 
of 
medical 
sociology 
scholarship, 
gaps 
with 
regard 
to 
disability 
in 
those 
themes, 
and 
possibilities 
(including 
methodologies) 
we 
see 
at 
the 
intersection 
of 
medical 
sociology 
and 
the 
sociology 
of 
disability 
that 
could 
address 
these 
gaps. 


Social 
Science 
Research 
Council 
Grant 
Article: 


https://items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-the-social-sciences/covid-19fieldnotes/
the-invisible-front-line-caregiving-spouses-duringcovid-
19/