Disability studies scholar
Rod Michalko is a Canadian scholar in the field of disability studies .
Michalko earned his Doctor of Philosophy in sociology from the University of British Columbia .[ 1] In 2007, he worked at New College, Toronto , where he designed a series of disability studies courses.[ 1] He has since retired from the University of Toronto .[ 2]
Michalko began losing his vision as a child and is now blind.[ 1] Until 2001, Michalko was aided by his guide dog, Smokie, which he has written about in The Two-in-One (1999) and Letters with Smokie (2023). Since Smokie's death, Michalko has used a white cane.[ 1]
Michalko is the partner of fellow academic Tanya Titchkosky .[ 3]
Books
Author
Michalko, Rod (1998). The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness . Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-8093-6 . [ 4]
Michalko, Rod (1999). The Two-in-One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-649-3 . [ 5] [ 6]
Michalko, Rod (2002). The Difference that Disability Makes . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-56639-933-3 . [ 7]
Michalko, Rod (2017). Things are Different Here: And Other Stories . London, Ontario: Insomniac Press. ISBN 978-1-55483-188-3 . OCLC 961802486 . [ 8]
Michalko, Rod; Goodley, Dan (2023). Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations . Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 978-1-77284-033-9 . [ 9] [ 10]
Editor
References
^ a b c d Treleaven, Sarah (December 4, 2009). "Champion of Accessibility" . University of Toronto Magazine . Retrieved January 8, 2025 .
^ "Books – Rod Michalko" . University of Manitoba Press . Retrieved January 8, 2025 .
^ Michalko, Rod; Titchkosky, Tanya (2024), Mintz, Susannah B.; Fraser, Gregory (eds.), "Blindness and Dyslexia in the Movements of Everyday Life in Toronto" , Placing Disability , Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 85– 93, doi :10.1007/978-3-031-41219-6_9 , ISBN 978-3-031-41218-9 , retrieved January 8, 2025
^ Bakker, J. I. (May 1, 1999). "The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness" . The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology . 36 (2): 305– 307 – via Gale Academic.
^ Corker, Mairian (September–October 2000). "Rod Michalko. The Two in One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness" . Canadian Journal of Sociology Online . Retrieved January 8, 2025 .
^ "The Two in One CL by Rod Michalko" . Publishers Weekly . November 30, 1998. Retrieved January 8, 2025 .
^ "The Difference Disability Makes. Rod Michalko" . The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare . 31 (2). June 1, 2004. doi :10.15453/0191-5096.3000 . ISSN 0191-5096 .
^ Lawthom, Rebecca (January 1, 2019). "Rod Michalko, Things Are Different Here: And Other Stories" . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies . 13 (1): 117– 119. doi :10.3828/jlcds.2019.8 – via Gale Academic.
^ Spies, Miriam (April 22, 2024). "Review of Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations by Rod Michalko and Dan Goodley (2023)" . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies . 13 (1): 159– 163. ISSN 1929-9192 .
^ Fowles, Stacey May (December 13, 2023). "Letters with Smokie: Blindness and More-than-Human Relations - Quill and Quire" . Quill and Quire . Retrieved January 8, 2025 .
^ "Rethinking Normalcy, T. Tithkosky, R. Michalko, editors. Canadian Scholars' Press, Toronto (2009). 344 p." . Alter . 7 (3): 225– 226. July 2013. doi :10.1016/j.alter.2013.04.011 .
^ Holmes, Morgan (2012). "Review: Titchkosky, Tanya and Rod Michalko, Eds. Rethinking Normalcy" . Canadian Journal of Disability Studies . 1 (3): 163– 168. doi :10.15353/cjds.v1i3.61 . ISSN 1929-9192 .
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