Rebecca Monteleone
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Associate Professor
Program Director, Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Programs , J Herb Coll Arts, Soc Sci & Ed
Publications
selected publications
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Article (Faculty180)
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2025
“You’ve got to either adapt to us or get out of the field”: A qualitative analysis of people with intellectual disabilities’ perspectives on journalism and news media
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Applying the IEEE BRAIN neuroethics framework to intra-cortical brain-computer interfaces
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2024Cyberpositionality: Sociotechnical Location in the Digital Age. Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology. 99-123.
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2024“It’s Not Easy Being Around That Kind of Sickness:” Intellectual Disability and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Disability Studies Quarterly. 43.
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2023AI-Based and Digital Mental Health Apps: Balancing Need and Risk. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 42:25-36.
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2022Intellectual Disability and Epistemic Justice in Journalism: Reflections from A Pilot Project. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies . 11:129-153.
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2021Blurring the Boundaries: Reflections From Early Career Faculty During the COVID-19 Era. Intellectual and developmental disabilities. 59:1-6.
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2020Assistive Technologies for Greatly Improved Quality of Life for People Living with MND/ALS. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. 1-1.
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2020Forgotten publics: considering disabled perspectives in responsible research and innovation. Journal of Responsible Innovation. 7:84-91.
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2019Consumer Electronic Instrument Search and Seizure at International Borders: New Laws Allow Border Agents to Demand Passwords for Digital Devices. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine. 8:90-93.
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2019Microchipping People is a "Bad Idea": Interview with Andreas Sjostrom [Leading Edge]. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 38:18-39.
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2018A Privileged Bodymind: The Entanglement of Ableism and Capitalism. International Journal of Economic Development. 12:63-81.
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2018Beyond Participation: Empowering People with Disabilities in Research and Design. Technology & Innovation. 20:133-139.
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2017'Disability Means, um, Dysfunctioning People': A Qualitative Analysis of the Meaning and Experience of Disability among Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID. 30:301-315.
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2016Disabled People, Work and Welfare: is Employment Reallythe Answer?. Tizard Learning Disability Review. 21:113-114.
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2016Employment for all: United States disability policy. Tizard Learning Disability Review. 21:154-161.
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2014Heterogeneity within adult day services: a focus on centers that serve younger adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Home health care services quarterly. 33:77-88.
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Article (Web of Science)
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2021Blurring the Boundaries: Reflections From Early Career Faculty During the COVID-19 Era. INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. 59:1-6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-59.1.1 PMID: 33543272
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2021Assistive Technologies for Greatly Improved Quality of Life for People Living With MND/ALS. IEEE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE. 10:76-81.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/mce.2020.3035523
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2020Forgotten publics: considering disabled perspectives in responsible research and innovation. JOURNAL OF RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/23299460.2020.1831366
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2019Consumer Electronic Instrument Search and Seizure at International Borders: New Laws Allow Border Agents to Demand Passwords for Digital Devices. IEEE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE. 8:90-93.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/mce.2018.2880851
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2019Microchipping People is a "Bad Idea": Interview with Andreas Sjostrom [Leading Edge]. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 38:18-39.Full Text via DOI: 10.1109/mts.2019.2913066
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2018Beyond Participation: Empowering People with Disabilities in Research and Design. Technology & Innovation. 20:133-139.Full Text via DOI: 10.21300/20.1-2.2018.133
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2017‘Disability Means, um, Dysfunctioning People’: A Qualitative Analysis of the Meaning and Experience of Disability among Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 30:301-315.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jar.12240
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2016Employment for all: United States disability policy. Tizard Learning Disability Review. 21:154-161.Full Text via DOI: 10.1108/tldr-09-2015-0034
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Book (Faculty180)
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2025
The Double Bind of Disability: How Medical Technology Shapes Bodily Authority
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2022Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation. University of Michigan Press.
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Chapter (Faculty180)
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2023Wearing Danger: Surveillance, Control, and Quantified Healthism in American Medicine. FemTech: Intersectional Interventions in Women’s Digital Health. Palgrave MacMillan. 237-255.
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2022Disability Activism and Medical Genetics: Shaping the Emergent Landscape . Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation.. University of Michigan Press. 113-133.
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2022Kinga na kinga, ndipo moto uwakapo: Disability in Kenya. . Disability and Social Justice in Kenya: Scholars, Policymakers, and Activists in Conversation. . University of Michigan Press. 1-42.
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Dissertation (Faculty180)
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Lecture or Panel Discussion (Faculty180)
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2024(Invited Speaker) Creating Authentic Stories About Developmental Disabilities. Northwest Ohio Self-Determination Association Training.
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2023(INVITED SPEAKER) Lived Experience: Unpacking Cognitive Ableism in the Clinic. Arizona Bioethics Network Annual Conference .
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2022(INVITED LECTURE) Identifying and Addressing the Ethical, Legal, Social, and Cultural Implications of Medical Neurotechnology. National Institutes of Health Blueprint for Neuroscience Research.
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2022(INVITED TALK): Plain Language: How to Write for Audiences with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Evidence for Success Disability Conference.
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2022(KEYNOTE) Access Beyond Compliance: Toward Disability Justice in Practice . Massachussetts College of Liberal Arts, Techfest 2022. .
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2022(PUBLIC LECTURE) Cure and Control: Disability and Medical Technology in the 21st Century. Ohio State Univeristy.
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2021(INVITED TALK) IEEE Neuroethics Framework, Medical Working Group Representative . Integrating Neuroethics into Neural Engineering Efforts: Initial Workshop with International Partners .
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2020(INVITED SPEAKER) Leveraging Experience as Expertise in Design. Global Data Bank Challenge 2020.
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Other Scholarly Work (Faculty180)
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2025
Developmental Disability Otherwise: A Collaborative Zine
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2025Plain Language Means We All Belong. Impact Magazine.
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Presentation (Faculty180)
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Press (Faculty180)
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2025
Faculty-hosted Podcast Wins National Media Award
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How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca Monteleone)
. This Machine Kills Podcast. -
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UT Shakes It Up with Musical Shakespeare Show
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2025
UToledo Puts Inclusion Center State
. 13 Action News, WTVG. -
2025
University of Toledo Reimagines Shakespeare with Inclusion
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Centering disabled perspectives in technology
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Disabled and Proud Festival
. WTOL. -
2025
Medical technology and bodily authority
. University of Minnesota Press Podcast. -
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October 16, 2025-The Double Bind of Disability
. Disability and Progress, KFAI. -
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Your Story Matters! Exploring the My Life, My Story Storytelling Workshop
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2024Disabled residents to tell their stories in event at art museum. . Toledo Blade.
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2024Your Story Matters! Exploring the My Life, My Story Storytelling Workshop. Ohio DD Talks Podcast .
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2023Episode 32: Making Journalism Accessible
. The Pulse Podcast, Accessible Media Incorporated. -
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2022Assembling Inclusion Podcast, Episode 14: Dr. Becca Monteleone. Assembling Inclusion Podcast.
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2021
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2021The call for plain language: a Q & A with disability studies professor Rebecca Monteleone. Center for Journalism Ethics - University of Wisconsin.
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2020Companies Pry Open the Web for People with Intellectual Disabilities . Wall Street Journal.
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2020ProPublica Experiments with Ultra-Accessible Plain Language in Stories about People with Disabilities. NiemanLab (Harvard University).
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Proceedings (Faculty180)
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Research Report (Faculty180)
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Faculty-hosted Podcast Wins National Media Award
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How to Think About Disability (ft. Becca Monteleone)
Press (Faculty180) -
UT Shakes It Up with Musical Shakespeare Show
Press (Faculty180) -
UToledo Puts Inclusion Center State
Press (Faculty180) -
University of Toledo Reimagines Shakespeare with Inclusion
Press (Faculty180) -
Your Story Matters! Exploring the My Life, My Story Storytelling Workshop
Press (Faculty180) -
Centering disabled perspectives in technology
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Disability Studies Professor Explores ‘Double Bind’ of Medical Technology in New Book
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Disabled and Proud Festival
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Medical technology and bodily authority
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October 16, 2025-The Double Bind of Disability
Press (Faculty180) - Disabled residents to tell their stories in event at art museum. Press (Faculty180)
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Episode 32: Making Journalism Accessible
Press (Faculty180) - Assembling Inclusion Podcast, Episode 14: Dr. Becca Monteleone Press (Faculty180)
- BCAN Coverage of SALUTE Storytellers Present: Stories of Disability Pride Press (Faculty180)
- Companies Pry Open the Web for People with Intellectual Disabilities Press (Faculty180)
- Finding their voice: Residents with disabilities share personal stories after storytelling workshops Press (Faculty180)
- Local Organization Participates in Disability Pride Month at TMA (Show: What's Happening Toledo?) Press (Faculty180)
- New Class Explores Accessibility, Inclusion in Theatre Press (Faculty180)
- ProPublica Experiments with Ultra-Accessible Plain Language in Stories about People with Disabilities Press (Faculty180)
- Rocket Talk: Britney Spears and Conservatorship Press (Faculty180)
- See SALUTE Storytellers Live this Weekend at TMA (Show: The Nine) Press (Faculty180)
- Self-Advocates with Disabilities Tell Stories About Their Lives Press (Faculty180)
- The call for plain language: a Q & A with disability studies professor Rebecca Monteleone Press (Faculty180)
- UToledo hosts original play co-created, performed by actors with disabilities, Press (Faculty180)
- Your Story Matters! Exploring the My Life, My Story Storytelling Workshop Press (Faculty180)
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