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Kelly Parke<\/strong> is a first-generation undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University pursuing a degree in Anthropology with  minors in Disability Studies and Sexuality & Queer Studies. She currently works as an office aide for the History, Anthropology, and Modern Languages<\/a><\/strong> department and has maintained a quarterly Dean\u2019s List status since beginning at EWU. Kelly\u2019s research interests are related to sexual expression and reproductive rights for people with disabilities, particularly at the intersection of disability with other marginalized identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For her 2023 Summer Research Internship, Kelly worked with Dr. Ryan Parrey<\/a><\/strong> to research the effects of everyday ableist encounters and how they shape the lives of disabled people. After graduating from Eastern, Kelly plans to continue on to a graduate program related to Disability Studies with an emphasis on disability law and policy.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2023 EWU Faculty Research Mentor:<\/strong> Dr. Ryan Parrey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Title:<\/strong> Atmospheres of Ableism: A Phenomenological Exploration of Everyday Encounters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campbell and Nario-Redmond explain that ableism entails explicit and implicit biases that manifest at every level of social life. At the same time, Taussig describes ableism as \u201cthe atmosphere we breathe.\u201d Disability Studies scholarship has done much to identify how ableism operates in the everyday lives of disabled and nondisabled people alike; however, little work has been done to articulate it in terms of the atmospheric quality that Taussig discusses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Building on Taussig\u2019s assessment of ableism in conjunction with Casey\u2019s similar articulation of the atmosphere of emotion, this paper addresses the findings of an online qualitative survey distributed to adults with physical disabilities. Participants answered a series of open-ended questions designed to identify not only the types of ableist encounters experienced in everyday life, but also the emotions that these encounters generate. The research employs a phenomenological lens in order to provide a more nuanced and in-depth description of ableism as a part of disabled people’s everyday lived experience. In doing so, this research contributes to the study of ableism and particularly how it operates within ongoing rhetoric and practices of inclusion, access, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke Presents her Research at Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke, presented her research, Atmospheres of Ableism: A Phenomenological Exploration of Everyday Encounters, at the Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity this February. This culmination of her 2023 Summer Research Internship, under the mentorship of Dr. Ryan Parrey worked to explore Tuasig’s concept of ableism as “the atmosphere we … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2024 Student Research & Creative Works Symposium<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

EWU McNair is proud of our 6 scholars who presented at this year’s symposium. Since the beginning of the symposium at EWU in 1997, McNair has encouraged scholars to participate, either to present a prospectus of the their upcoming summer research, or to present research done in the last year. Presenting research is an excellent … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke Accepted to Columbia University’s Master of Human Rights Studies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to McNair Scholar\u00a0Kelly Parke, who’s been accepted to Columbia University’s Master of Human Rights Studies! Their Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) was “the first academic center in the world to be founded on an interdisciplinary commitment to the study of human rights”. Columbia’s Human Rights Studies Program: […]is an interdisciplinary program … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke Accepted to University of Illinois-Chicago PhD in Disability Studies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar\u00a0Kelly Parke who’s been accepted into the University of Illinois Chicago’s interdisciplinary PhD in Disability Studies! From University of Illinois Chicago’s Program Page: Disability studies scholars view disability not simply as a defect inside a person, but as a complex relationship between society and people who function differently from the norm. … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke Accepted to University of Cincinnati M.A. Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar\u00a0Kelly Parke who’s been accepted into University of Cincinnati’s Masters program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) with funding. WGSS offers concentration specializations in sexuality studies and transnational feminist, as well as a joint MA\/JD program with their Law School. All program options graduate students after completing a faculty supervised … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke Completes McNair Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Kelly Parke for completing her McNair Summer Research Internship! She worked with mentor Dr. Ryan Parrey on her summer 2023 research, “Atmospheres of Ableism: A Phenomenological Exploration of Everyday Encounters”. Her research was presented August 16, 2023 at the McNair Summer Research Symposium. Kelly utilized an online qualitative survey distributed … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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EWU McNair Scholars Receive Grants, Awards, Honors<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholars Kelly Parke, tommyboiZ, and Richard Murphy! All three have been awarded grants, scholarships, and other honors. Kelly Parke received the Jeffers Chertok Memorial Scholarship for academic year 2023-2024 from the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Kelly was nominated by Dr. Michael Zukosky in Anthropology. The Jeffers Chertok Memorial … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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17 McNair Scholars Present at EWU\u2019s 2023 Student Research & Creative Works Symposium<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

On May 10, EWU held the 2023 Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. The Symposium is back in person since 2022, allowing excellent shared engagement as scholars discussed their research (both proposed and completed) with fellow students, faculty, and the EWU community. Many scholars shared their work in poster format in the PUB, while others … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Kelly Parke Selected as an EWU McNair Scholar and Awarded Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/h2>\n\n

Congratulations to new McNair Scholar Kelly Parke! Kelly was selected by the McNair Scholars\u2019 selection committee on the basis of her passion for research, commitment to attaining a PhD, and overall potential for success in graduate school. The federally-funded TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at EWU selects motivated and talented juniors and seniors … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kelly Parke Kelly Parke is a first-generation undergraduate student at Eastern Washington University pursuing a degree in Anthropology with  minors in Disability Studies and Sexuality & Queer Studies. She currently works as an office aide for the History, Anthropology, and Modern Languages department and has maintained a quarterly Dean\u2019s List status since beginning at EWU. Kelly\u2019s research interests … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9086,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36015","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36015"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36634,"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36015\/revisions\/36634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/mcnair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}