Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability - Lewis Woods https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/tags/lewis-woods en Introducing the Spring 2019 Longmore Institute Student Fellows https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/introducing-spring-2019-longmore-institute-student-fellows <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Spring semester has arrived, and the Longmore Institute on Disability has expanded our team! Our Longmore Student Fellows program offers students with disabilities paid professional development opportunities, as well as a place on campus where they can learn more about disability communities, culture, and history. Please meet Lewis Woods, Mariah Gonsalez, Mo Battiest, Maxfield Hunt and Sandra Lane.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe WP&quot;, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">LEWIS WOODS</span></strong></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-size: 15px; font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; word-spacing: 2px;">Lewis Woods is a master’s student in the Graduate College of Education’s Special Education program, and one of this year’s 74 recipients of the California State University Foundation’s </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://www.calstate.edu/PreDoc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; word-spacing: 2px;" target="_blank">predoctoral scholarship</a><span style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-size: 15px; font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; word-spacing: 2px;">, which supports the doctoral ambitions of CSU students at the 23 campuses, and one of 11 </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" href="http://fellowships.sfsu.edu/predoc" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; word-spacing: 2px;" target="_blank">predoctoral scholarship</a><span style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-size: 15px; font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; word-spacing: 2px;"> awardees at SF State. Woods identifies as being on the spectrum, and is particularly interested in researching the</span><span style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-size: 15px; font-family: Lato, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; word-spacing: 2px;"> ways pets help people with autism. At the Longmore Institute, he is excited to be working on the project to plan the first disability cultural center for the city of San Francisco. </span><br />  </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><img alt="A photo of Lewis who is a black cis man, holding a soft small dog, smiling. " src="/sites/default/files/Lewis.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 600px;" /></p> <p><strong>MARIAH GONSALEZ</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px;">My name is Mariah Gonsalez and I am a second year graduate student in the Communication Studies department at San Francisco State University. My focus in the discipline is within chronic illness and disability studies and I am passionate about re-centering and re-imagining the experiences of marginalized bodies. I am currently working on a photo series that works to make invisible chronic illnesses and disabilities more visible. Furthermore, I am exited for this journey with the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px;">Longmore Institute and honored for this experience.</span></p> <p><img alt="Maria in front of Tree" src="/sites/default/files/maria%20gonsalez.jpeg" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; width: 375px; height: 250px;" /></p> <p> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><strong>MAXFIELD HUNT</strong></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px;">Maxfield Hunt is an undergraduate student pursuing the field of communication with a minor in history at San Francisco State. Disability has been an underpinning throughout Maxfield's life ever since he had a stroke at birth. Maxfield finds that life is enhanced by surrounding himself with folks with differences whether they are visible or not. It is invigorating to be around people with the tenacity and diligence to persevere past challenges.  He is also the product of a California upbringing enriched by The Cheesecake Factory, Apple products, Marilyn Manson, and Woody Allen. He is equally invested in Frasier-fandom as he is in Disney-mania. This compulsive obsession with culture lends itself to tackling media through the Longmore Institute lens and looks forward to contributing to the Longmore Institute in as many ways as it is possible in the future.</span></p> <div> <img alt="Max in front of Golden Gate Bridge, he has long blond hair and glasses. " src="/sites/default/files/IMG_0835.jpeg" style="width: 450px; height: 600px;" /></div> <p> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px;">MO BATTIEST</span></strong></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe WP&quot;, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Mo Battiest is currently a sophomore at SFSU pursuing a Bachelors degree in Cinema. They are exhilarated to join the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability where they can contribute to altering the stigma and misconceptions of people with disabilites. They strive to provide a campus that longs for the safety, inclusion, and accessibility for all. As an advocate and sibling of someone on the spectrum, they have been introduced to a social, economical, and political climate that is in desperate need of change. Through Mo’s work as an undergraduate student, they aim to represent the underrepresented in a light that leads to the erasure of the day-to-day discrimination and intolerance those individuals face. In the honorable collaboration with The Longmore Institute, that goal will be met.</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe WP&quot;, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;"><img alt="Mo, non-binary, in front of grass" src="/sites/default/files/Mo%20for%20Longmore.jpeg" style="width: 647px; height: 600px;" /></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><strong style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px;">SANDRA LANE </strong></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Sandra Lane is a native of San Francisco, who previously enjoyed a lengthy professional career as a paralegal in civil litigation, as well as an antiques and collectibles shop proprietor in San Francisco. She recently returned to SFSU to complete a major in Women and Gender Studies as well as a minor in Holistic Health. She had a personal epiphany while taking a disability studies class as she realized her own efforts to make invisible her disabilities; a class which helped her come out to herself and others as a person living with an unseen disability. Sandra has spent many years as a volunteer doula working with underprivileged teen girls as well as working with other social service organizations such as Shanti, Fill Up America and St. Anthony’s. She is dedicated to participation with organizations and movements for social change benefiting those who are most marginalized. She loves the outdoors, taking scenic road trips and is an animal rescuer and lover.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">Sandra hopes to contribute to the Longmore Institutes’ long-standing dedication to community engagement in establishing cultural visibility and participating in disability studies scholarship by utilizing her professional skills on its’ behalf, while simultaneously increasing her knowledge as to both non-profit policies and functions.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><img alt="Sandra wearing all black sitting down portrait" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202019-03-05%20at%202.36.15%20PM.png" style="width: 319px; height: 429px;" /></p> <div>  </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lewis-woods">Lewis Woods</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mariah-gonsalez">Mariah Gonsalez</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/maxfield-hunt">Maxfield Hunt</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mo-battiest">Mo Battiest</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sandra-lane">Sandra Lane</a></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Mar 2019 22:46:04 +0000 Emily Beitiks 1647 at https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io https://for-import-sfstatelongmoreinstitute.pantheonsite.io/introducing-spring-2019-longmore-institute-student-fellows#comments