Ashley Taylor
Department/Office Information
Education- MF 1:15pm - 2:15pm (11 Persson Hall)
- W 4:00pm - 5:00pm (11 Persson Hall)
I specialize in philosophy of education, feminist disability studies, and inclusive education. I came to this work after witnessing ableism—and resistance to ableism—within residential and employment programming serving individuals labelled with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
I'm especially interested in what disability studies scholars have called "able-mindedness," and how able-mindedness informs epistemic practices—practices that have to do with knowledge acquisition and knowledge generation. You can learn a bit more through this short audio clip from Academic Minute.
In other work I look at the intersections of dis/ability, race, and gender in education, inclusive pedagogies, and frameworks of institutional accessibility in higher education. To learn more about this work, check out my co-authored piece in Spark Magazine on (Re)Producing White Privilege through Disability Accommodations.
I teach courses in educational foundations, inclusive education/critical special education, and feminist and critical disability studies, and I periodically offer a praxis course with local partners on disabled citizenship and social activism. You can read more about this course in a recent article.