About the Editors
Robert A. Stodden | Megan Conway | Steve Brown
Editor, STEVEN E. BROWN, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawai‘i, Manoa, Affiliate Graduate Faculty in the Political Science Department, and Co-Founder, Institute on Disability Culture. He earned a 1981 doctorate in history at the University of Oklahoma.
Brown’s publications include Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame to Disability Pride; Ed Roberts: Wheelchair Genius, a book available via CD that is targeted at readers about ages 9-12; and the monographs, Independent Living: Theory and Practice; Investigating a Culture Of Disability: Final Report, the result of a prestigious Switzer Fellowship from the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation and Research of the Department of Education, the first funding of its type for research into the field of Disability Culture; Freedom of Movement: Independent Living History and Philosophy; A Celebration Of Diversity: An Annotated Bibliography About Disability Culture, Second Edition; and Celebrating Passion, Relentlessness, and Vision: The Manifesto Editorials, from his online newsletter, the Manifesto; and dozens of articles, in both refereed journals and grassroots publications. Brown’s writings have been translated into a variety of languages.
An award-winning poet, Brown has also published six books of poetry, Dragonflies In Paradise: An Activist’s Partial Poetic Autobiography; The Goddess Approaches Fifty; Journey Home; Love Into Forever: A Tribute To Martyrs, Heroes, Friends, And Colleagues; Pain, Plain—And Fancy Rappings: Poetry from the Disability Culture; and Voyages: Life Journeys.
Brown teaches in the graduate, interdisciplinary graduate Certificate Program in Disability and Diversity at UH-Manoa. In 2005-2007, Brown served as Chair of the University of Hawaii’s College of Education Faculty Senate Committee on Diversity. In this role he facilitated the development of the report, “Racial/Ethnic and Gender Inclusivity of College of Education (COE) Faculty, Staff, and Students.”
A sought-after teacher and speaker, who has worked throughout the US, Canada, Germany, Hungary, and Sweden, Brown’s contributions have been recognized by selection as the Grand Marshal for the 2nd Annual Disability Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois in July 2005; and as a recipient of the University of Hawaii College of Education Faculty Senate Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Leadership in Advocacy Award, both in 2006.
