ECF: Disability, Education, and the Power of Creative Resistance with Jen White-JohnsonEarly Career FellowshipIn-Person
Monday, Mar 24, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m
The NYU School of Professional Studies is impacting and shaping the future of work and careers. The School is a professional education powerhouse that prepares future leaders with a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a variety of continuing education courses and certificates. They proudly educate a diverse and global body of students, including those who want to advance in their current fields or change industries, finish a degree or tackle a new one, or want the flexibility of full-time or part-time options.
In this master class, Early Career Fellows will explore ways to create more inclusive learning environments for neurodivergent students and those with disabilities. Led by design and art educator Jen White-Johnson, the session will introduce shared vocabulary around disability, ableism, anti-ableism, and autism, while unpacking common myths and assumptions. Fellows will examine how disability has been understood—and misunderstood—in education, and learn practical teaching tools to better support all learners. Through hands-on activities and discussions, participants will explore thoughtful ways to represent disability in their classrooms and each create their own zine reflecting their stance on disability justice and accessibility.
This master class is open to teachers in the Early Career Fellowship and their mentors.
Jen White-Johnson
Jen White-Johnson is an Afro-Latina disabled designer, parent, art activist, and educator, whose work explores advocacy and caregiving, with a focus on empowering the disabled through visual art. Her activist work has appeared in Afropunk, Teen Vogue, NPR, and Art in America, among other publications, and is permanently archived in the libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. White-Johnson holds an MFA in graphic design from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She was born in Washington, DC, and lives in Baltimore with her husband and their twelve-year-old son.