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About Autumn Wilke

I work in higher education as an ADA coordinator and diversity officer and am also an author and doctoral candidate with research/topics related to disability and higher education.

Autumn Wilke works in higher education as an ADA coordinator and diversity officer and is also an author and doctoral candidate with research/topics related to disability and higher education.

NBN Episodes hosted by Autumn:

Disability Studies September 9, 2022

The Life Worth Living

Disability, Pain, and Morality

Joel Michael Reynolds

Hosted by Autumn Wilke
The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality (U Minnesota Press, 2022) investigates the exclusion of and discrimination against disabled people across the history of Western moral philosophy. Building on …
Disability Studies August 5, 2022

Elusive Kinship

Disability and Human Rights in Postcolonial Literature

Christopher Krentz

Hosted by Autumn Wilke
Dr. Christopher Krentz is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia, where he has a joint appointment with the departments of English and American Sign Language. He is also …
Education August 3, 2022

Why They Hate Us

How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education

Lindsay Pérez Huber and Susana M. Muñoz

Hosted by Autumn Wilke
Why They Hate Us: How Racist Rhetoric Impacts Education (Teachers College Press, 2021) examines how racist political rhetoric has created damaging and dangerous conditions for Students of Color in schools …
Disability Studies June 10, 2022

Food Allergy Advocacy

Parenting and the Politics of Care

Danya Glabau

Hosted by Autumn Wilke
A detailed exploration of parents' fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy The success of food allergy activism in highlighting …