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Distinguished professor’s lecture to address self-determination for people with disabilities
LAWRENCE — Karrie Shogren has dedicated the past two decades of her career to exploring barriers to supporting self-determination for people with disabilities. Shogren will present her inaugural distinguished professor lecture, “Advancing Self-Determination: Building Systems of Supports with the Disability Community,” at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
Center for East Asian Studies opens Year of Migration programming with speaker and film series
LAWRENCE — The Center for East Asian Studies’ (CEAS) 2023-2024 programming, which focuses on migration, kicks off with two Global Asia speakers and a film series. All CEAS events are free and open to the public.
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Distinguished professor’s lecture to address self-determination for people with disabilities
LAWRENCE — Research shows promoting autonomy leads to valued life outcomes, but for people with disabilities, barriers to supporting self-determination persist. Karrie Shogren, the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor of Special Education in the KU School of Education & Human Sciences, has dedicated the past two decades of her career to exploring this topic.
Shogren will present her inaugural distinguished professor lecture, “Advancing Self-Determination: Building Systems of Supports with the Disability Community,” at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
Individuals can register to attend the event, which will have a reception to follow at 6:30 p.m.
The lecture will cover research that establishes definitional frameworks, assessments and evidence-based interventions that encourage self-determination to enhance school and community outcomes. The research also highlights partnerships with the disability community and the importance of creating support systems that allow people with disabilities to make their own choices and set goals for themselves.
“It is a privilege to have this opportunity to elevate and share work that has been driven by the disability community to change systems and practices to advance self-determination,” Shogren said.
Shogren’s research, which she has presented locally, nationally and internationally, focuses on assessment and intervention in self-determination and supported decision-making for people with disabilities. Her work has helped shape the direction of services and support for people with disabilities in schools and communities, as well as influenced research, theory and practice in related fields.
Currently serving as the director of the KU Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD), Shogren also is the associate director of the Beach Center on Disability and a senior scientist at the Schiefelbusch Life Span Institute. She is a co-editor of the peer-reviewed academic journal Remedial and Special Education, as well as a fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and American Psychological Association.
In addition, Shogren has contributed to several boards and committees related to advocacy and research with the disability community. She is an appointed member of the Standing Committee of Medical and Vocational Experts for the Social Security Administration’s Disability Programs under the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Shogren has led multiple grant-funded projects, one of which recently received $250,000 from the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program. The project focuses on expanding opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to engage in research that affects them.
Shogren has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored or co-authored more than 20 books. She joined KU’s Department of Special Education as an associate professor in 2013, though she served as an adjunct professor and research associate with the Beach Center in prior years. Shogren was previously a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Texas at Austin.
She earned a doctorate in special education from KU, a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Dayton and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio State University.
The first distinguished professorships were established at KU in 1958. A university distinguished professorship is awarded wholly based on merit, following exacting criteria. A complete list is available on the Distinguished Professor website.
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Center for East Asian Studies opens Year of Migration programming with speaker and film series
LAWRENCE — The Center for East Asian Studies’ (CEAS) 2023-2024 programming, which focuses on migration, kicks off with two Global Asia speakers and a film series. All CEAS events are free and open to the public.
Global Asia speaker series
The speaker series features not only Asia specialists whose research and teaching focus on the region, but also others who deal with any elements of Asia broadly in a global context. The center hopes to engage more faculty and students across different disciplines and professional schools and to produce collectively a new and innovative analytical lens to rethink taken-for-granted assumptions about Asia.
1. “Passport Engagement”: 3:30-5 p.m. Sept. 7 at The Forum in Marvin Hall. Anthropologist Nicole Constable will discuss the problems with “real but fake” passports issued to migrant workers in Hong Kong.
2. “The Cats of Mirikitani” gallery talk: 1:30-3 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Lee Study Center in the Spencer Museum of Art. Documentary filmmaker Linda Hattendorf, KU art historian Maki Kaneko and Spencer curator Kris Ercums discuss artworks in the museum’s collection by Jimmy Mirikitani.
Migration film series
The migration film series is the Center for East Asian Studies’ second annual Asian film series. The four films will address diverse perspectives and issues on migration through the lens of Global Asia.
CEAS partnered with film directors, graduate students and family members of a Japanese war bride to moderate post-screening interdisciplinary discussions and share personal views and insights to foster energetic audience interactions.
1. “The Cats of Mirikitani”: 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at Room 211 in the Spencer Museum of Art (access through west doors only). Q&A led by Linda Hattendorf, documentary filmmaker.
2. “Minari”: 6-8:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Q&A led by Kyungmin Jung, graduate student in film & media studies.
3. “Carved in Silence”: 6-8 p.m. Sept. 14 at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Q&A led by Felicia Lowe, documentary filmmaker.
4. “War Brides of Japan”: 6-8 p.m. Sept. 15 at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Q&A led by Linda Steigerwald and Louise Lake, daughters of a Japanese war bride.
These events are part of the Center for East Asian Studies’ Title VI grant activities. The 2022-2026 grant uses the conceptual frame of Global Asia to address diverse perspectives on nationally and internationally pressing issues. This year’s theme, shared by all KU area studies centers, is migration. It will address various related issues and concerns through educational activities such as a movie series, speakers, workshops and a spring conference. The intent is to address social, political and cultural issues and concerns related to migration through a focus on Asian and Asian American experiences.
The importance of Asian migration cannot be overstated, said Akiko Takeyama, CEAS director.
“Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the U.S,” Takeyama said. “With our annual theme, migration, we will explore the flow of not only people and cultures, but also technologies, commodities and capital in today’s global age. Various topics regarding migration allow us to acknowledge creative connections and new sociality while critically engaging in the dialogues on geopolitical orders, structural inequalities and social injustices. I hope more people come to embrace different perspectives and respect one another.”
To achieve these goals, the Center created a migration steering committee consisting of CEAS-affiliated faculty Maki Kaneko (art history), Kwangok Song (curriculum & teaching), David Mai (film & media studies) and Ayako Mizumura (sociology). This interdisciplinary committee works collaboratively and shares ideas and insights on migration issues through their diverse perspectives. Mizumura said the goal of CEAS’s programming is to “generate dialogues and open-ended discussions on past and current Asian migrant experiences. In turn, these activities help create a supportive community at KU for learning about underrepresented Asian migrants — their histories, struggles, resilieces, cultures and experiences in the U.S.”
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