About The Creator

       

           Hi! My name is Aine (sounds like Anya) O’Connor. I am a junior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and I’m originally from South Bend, Indiana. I study English and History at Hope, but am particularly interested in the field of disability studies and how it intersects with representation, advocacy, and education. When I’m not doing research, I love to craft and bake with friends, explore beautiful West Michigan, and play golf.

InclusiviREAD was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Research in the Humanities, known as the Mellon Scholars Program. The Foundation provides grants for research in the field of digital humanities. For more information on the Mellon Scholars, please go to our website or contact mellonscholars@hope.edu.

In addition to the Mellon Scholars Program, I must also thank my research mentor at Hope, Dr. Wayne Tan. He provided many great resources and often assisted me in defining the scope of InclusiviREAD. I am also greatly indebted to Hope’s Digital Liberal Arts librarian Victoria Longfield, without whom this project would have been impossible. Thanks also to Dr. Marsely Kehoe and Anne Heath, heads of the Mellon Scholars Program, and Dr. Christiana Salah for introducing me to Disability in Kidlit.

Finally I would like to thank the many teachers who brought me to this project. Without you, I would never have found out even a bit of who I am—and who I could be. Special thanks and love to Jenny Ganser, Kelly Ramesh, James Elrod, Bryan Cline, Cecilia Stanton-Verduzco, Beckie Hernandez, and Anne Raymer.