CUNY Academic Commons | Julia Miele Rodas | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/juliamielerodas/activity/ Activity feed for Julia Miele Rodas. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a731996e1b6a8cf1c58df04d55df1ee4 Julia Miele Rodas commented on the post, A gift wrap that does not match the gift., on the site Observing https://meobserving.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/04/11/a-gift-wrap-that-does-not-match-the-gift/#comment-59 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:23:51 -0400 Well done, Loredana–you make me sorry I didn’t see this one. You’re right: the trailer made this look like it was going to be straight-up “inspiration porn.” I’m glad to learn that “blindness is not the whole […]

]]> 2e2bfd35bb9cc768c6e236dd3d78f754 Julia Miele Rodas started the topic Apr 4: Disability Life Writing Conference in the forum Disability Studies Interest Group via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/disability-studies-interest-group/forum/topic/apr-4-disability-life-writing-conference/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:59:20 -0400 Hi, GC Disabilility Studies Interest Group–
Just a note to let you know we’ve opened up a few more spots for in-person attendance for next Friday’s thrilling disability event at the GC! Details and registration link below:

Hope to see some of you there,
Julia

The M.A. Program in Biography & Memoir Presents
Disability & Life Writing: A Graduate…[Read more]

]]> 7e6986256ed097bc9a69432ebd86c537 Julia Miele Rodas started the topic Disability Life Writing Conference / April 4 in the forum Disability Studies Interest Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/disability-studies-interest-group/forum/topic/disability-life-writing-conference-april-4-2/ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:06:55 -0400 The M.A. Program in Biography and Memoir will be hosting a one-day conference this spring focused on Disability Life Writing. Initial planning is already underway, but we welcome comments about and suggestions for the event, as well as self-nominations for volunteering or other participation. If you have an interest in disability and life writing…[Read more]

]]> 9028e9fc0f0ec8c9566117d98ef03311 Julia Miele Rodas and Moustafa Bayoumi are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/661857/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:02:06 -0400 47711071f41c0543d52bcbfbdc900c95 Julia Miele Rodas commented on the post, annotated working bibliography (a model), on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2018/06/07/annotated-working-bibliography-a-model/#comment-244 Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:52:57 -0400 Nice–thanks for the link!

]]> 28a7beefcd2990a1d7977e65ffcc16c1 Julia Miele Rodas created the site The Unfree https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/551472/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:46:46 -0500 dec3516a4ab95004e8ce5c0104e5eb44 Julia Miele Rodas's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/510997/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:02:25 -0400 67309e0b943f3031e00dd084334433ff Julia Miele Rodas changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/510073/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 22:33:40 -0400 46b35632c712c3df35eaedf3c2fcd51a Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=242 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:48:57 -0400 When doing college-level research, all source materials must be evaluated to decide if they are reliable, authoritative, and substantial enough to use as a foundation for your own writing.

Remember, […]

]]> 66b7f8e78db97ab694d504df3c779d19 Julia Miele Rodas's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/508909/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:27:25 -0400 a5c79b54d89835ac1c14e8f57f4c88c5 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=225 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:05:48 -0400 PDF–Model poster-ad for research project

 

]]> b195e809dd7ec5314d7265e5ff23ab85 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=195 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:01:54 -0400 In this course, students will:

Read and discuss several exemplary essays, analyzing the essays to identify and understand main ideas and supporting evidence.
Write several formal essays, including a […]

]]> 2f8fbd888de8ce838a1f327c4e73f867 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=193 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:01:54 -0400 Catalog Description

Fundamental principles of organization and rhetoric; practice in expository writing;
selected readings, mainly non-fiction; approximately eight papers required, including one
research […]

]]> 768f737a85c2c03c53a0ba68fbf31d9e Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=192 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:01:54 -0400 Welcome! I teach disability studies, I write about disability, and I’m really interested in disability culture, identity, and politics—do let me know if you share some of these interests.

If you have a phy […]

]]> 851b699630c697467eb438618790c528 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=191 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:01:54 -0400 What books do I need for this class?No textbook purchase is required for this class! All required readings are available free online, as handouts, or can be printed free. If you lose your course reader, see the […]

]]> 826f87dd597d656737714f6c2f2fd5ef Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=190 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:01:54 -0400 The grading breakdown for this course is as follows:

Everyday Memorials essay = 10%
Midterm = 15%
Research project = 25%
Final exam = 20%
Informal writing = 30%

Informal writing includes in-class […]

]]> 94036b22d9cd9c2063b3819c031e5c06 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=162 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 18:37:03 -0400 The list below includes materials that were presented or read in class so you can easily find familiar sources.

Note: In accordance with MLA style, these are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last […]

]]> c4ad099288ce68efc668b92648fa7e14 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=145 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:34:50 -0400 This is the final “teaser,” recorded on my iPhone using the standard Voice Memo app. I sent the file to my email, converted it to an MP3, and uploaded it here.

 

Prior to recording, I wrote up the […]

]]> 584b5bd9335ec12d7db3710769ad4bda Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=137 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:07:20 -0400 “Black in Brooklyn.” Green-Wood Tours & Events, 17 February 2018, https://www.green-wood.com/event/black-in-brooklyn/. Accessed 5 June 2018.

Link to site describing annual cemetery tour for Black Histo […]

]]> 671c685854347b47443fd7b08752c733 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=132 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:15:47 -0400 Due: November 13

Submit a 200-300 word script and prepare a one-two minute recording introducing your podcast. This “teaser” should include:

the general topic of your project
your connection to the […]

]]> 888b302f7f95474235363fedc2276706 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=125 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:11:31 -0400 Due: November 8

WHAT TO DO: Find, print, and annotate a reliable internet source that connects with your existing texts and the theme/topic of your podcast project. Use hand-drawn circles, arrows, highlighting, […]

]]> 56a479c4ff855116a2608ab2c65ccaac Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=120 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 21:04:27 -0400 Due: November 6

WHAT TO DO

Bring in a print source (copy of a book, book chapter, essay, or article)
Bring in a one-page summary of the text in your own words –OR– a dialogic journal with at least […]

]]> 44485e3d740a85496d81185f69d7e333 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=109 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:29:49 -0400 Due: October 30

WHAT TO DO: Based on preliminary research, collect a list of texts that you might use for your research, including your notes on where to access the text and why you think it’s pertinent for y […]

]]> cf06fd887dc8bc46734679cc7de43601 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=105 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:23:53 -0400 Due: October 23

WHAT TO DO: Prepare an advertisement for your podcast project; imagine you are circulating this poster to investors who might fund your project. “Sell” your idea clearly and succinctly. Pos […]

]]> 54aabed888dc907aaa0a8b430ea827f2 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://bccreckoning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=84 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 03:17:29 -0400 Due: November 27

Your finished project will be a 7-10 page script for a 10-15 minute podcast that follows up on a theme, idea, or research area prompted by this class. It should be a specific, in-depth […]

]]> e09f800265a7c8c143406a8aa94f3511 Julia Miele Rodas created the site How We Remember: Reckoning with American History https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/507154/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:24:39 -0400 01497960090f22ffa337025adec1f82e Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=127 Wed, 16 May 2018 17:36:50 -0400 Monstrosity trait is given to imperfect, unpleasant, and out of the ordinary of the social stereotype. Monstrosity is often used to depicted disabled people in movies, Tv shows, and books where their disabilities […]

]]> b15c8f93056ffa6326482791fbae46be Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=123 Wed, 16 May 2018 17:29:47 -0400 The image of the person in the mirror is what I have become and not who I see when I close my eyes. Closing my eyes allows me to escape reality, but I live in the real world. A world the calls me a handicap and […]

]]> 11fe0f82e5fff7093389844cb9772145 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=120 Wed, 16 May 2018 17:22:34 -0400 Ballet of Tibet, Ysrael and Longmore Screening Stereotypes are three texts that I have read and watched. While reading these texts, one word that comes to mind is prejudgment. Many people with disabilities before […]

]]> 453a6b881f04d38d952217810586b474 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=115 Wed, 16 May 2018 17:07:46 -0400 Chelsea De La Cruz Grit Presentation

]]> 1789dcdbe4e67ddeb0206c6c8d402c9c Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=112 Wed, 16 May 2018 16:56:09 -0400 We must reconsider what labels mean and to whom we attach them. We must not view disability as a weakness that has to be hidden to make able persons feel strong and normal. We must remove the masks that we […]

]]> a852902a85825e6fbc171f0ca5c784a0 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=109 Tue, 15 May 2018 17:48:21 -0400 In the world we live in today, being different from the people around us or an outcast to
society, you will be isolated and viewed with fear because you don’t have the characteristics to
what society considers n […]

]]> 121ef13a5411d9f3ff22755f0738c522 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=105 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:51:04 -0400 When looking at abnormalities, we, the general public view “normal” as what is supposed to happen, or what the society has set and expect the norm to be. Typical changes like, as time passes, growth of the bod […]

]]> a223b5b6fcde3d997b028b176894c99d Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=102 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:45:30 -0400 “Beast” is identify as “An animal, especially a large or dangerous four – footed one” or “an animal under human control”. In many disability cases, people uses the word Beast to describe a human being that may ha […]

]]> 473d501938278f9a220e6e547864e3a4 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=99 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:41:26 -0400 In of mice and men, Steinbeck set us up to feel Pity (sorry) for Lennie although he ended up committing a murder. Lennie rely on George for approval on anything he’s going to do, and he’s also scared of the rep […]

]]> 0d6ee2a5377ef6eb56d2255594a9c652 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=93 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:33:03 -0400 Time and time again, disability scholars come across the word “violence” throughout their studies, as it were a synonym for “disability”. Society as a whole puts violence into a schema to represent disabil […]

]]> d3fd090ca4b6c7b8952d535d96960e7c Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=89 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:29:39 -0400 Everyone has a burden brought upon them by God, however the way in which an individual decides to react towards this burden is what determines their future. The idea of having a mental condition that limits an […]

]]> 818b734747e65d9722afd8bed6bdc8e8 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=82 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:18:36 -0400 When you look up the word monster in the dictionary the definition that appears is an
imaginary creature that is typically large in size , ugly and frightening. Some of the synonyms
are giant, mutant, colossus […]

]]> ae68645c217515b1b9707283ae629c1c Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=78 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:15:07 -0400 Lennie in Of Mice and Men and Helen Keller in the Miracle Worker, both have
disabilities that make their life very difficult. Lennie and Helen disabilities have caused
them to act in a monstrous way. In […]

]]> 8898a368bfd904e6117be99acc1ae9f6 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=75 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:11:51 -0400 Inspiration is a word that is misused very frequently by society. When they see a
individual with disability competing , or take part of, in a difficult action in spite of a physical
limitation, people tend to […]

]]> 004624d692844b90c72cceedebfb909f Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=72 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:08:35 -0400 Many of us tend to look at the disable community as they were different than us and
many of us treats people with disabilities as they were or are monsters. Like they were some
type creatures that for some […]

]]> b877e5077ad278240febad75863d47b5 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=66 Mon, 14 May 2018 18:04:45 -0400 Aside from being born into a world of oppression and not being born with close to a third of the resources required to succeed in life, one has to consider the implications of when disability and race intersect. […]

]]> 2025b32c045f6dc2c6f1e6da1b1b0b63 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=62 Mon, 14 May 2018 17:55:49 -0400 The disabled population is the biggest minority group in the world. It is continuously
growing in number and yet it’s acceptance by the non-disabled population of the world is low.
This group is one that e […]

]]> a904e8ced4a3007b35a1456face9d613 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=59 Mon, 14 May 2018 04:18:11 -0400 We’ve all seen the memes, “the only disability in life is a bad attitude.” Or an image of a small kid running on prosthetic legs go with the description “what’s your excuse?” These pictures make the individuals […]

]]> 770b36e3d2b5bbca436c57ec6aec7310 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=56 Mon, 14 May 2018 03:56:09 -0400 Monster: A malformed imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. (Merrian- Webster) Monsters naturally elicit the most acute anxieties in people. For centuries, literature and film have […]

]]> 3df732c439b2f56a144899dc2375fefe Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=49 Mon, 14 May 2018 03:53:27 -0400 Sometimes, the way the narrators of these stories actually tell the story is with the intentions of making people like Helen, Merrick “the elephant man” and Ysrael “no face” a target. Paul K. Longmore in his the […]

]]> a8c6aae9b34622d8cbf68a58f663e3ae Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=41 Mon, 14 May 2018 03:20:36 -0400 At the beginning of this course I did not have a clue what I was going to get out of “The Fictions of Disability.” Meaning I didn’t understand what would the fictions of disability be, someone lying about being […]

]]> 84b64c5dfb32775cfeaa185b043b9db3 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=29 Sun, 13 May 2018 17:41:24 -0400 The texts, video and film “Autobiography of a Face”, “Facial Discrimination: Living with a Disfigured Face”, “The Elephant Man”, “Screening Stereotypes” and “Mask” by Lucy Grealy, Neil Steinberg, Ford, Peter and […]

]]> f608019173817f5b3892ac0a65139a49 Julia Miele Rodas wrote a new post on the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://lehmandsfict.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=16 Sat, 12 May 2018 13:10:02 -0400 Longmore discusses how the evil character in TV and film are most often given disabilities as a punishment for their evil doings. “Giving disabilities to villainous characters reflects and reinforces, albeit in e […]

]]> a5187b1ffa5c265adc4ec00cc3777794 Julia Miele Rodas created the site Fictions of Disability @ Lehman College https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/500671/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 01:46:15 -0400