ADHD and the Academy

Narrative for Social Justice

As a follow-up to episode 8, join host Angela Du and guests Rebecca Shapiro, Catherine Trotman, and Lee Skallerup Bessette as they talk about ADHD and the academy, clinical psychology, and educational development. We delve into creating community during the pandemic, what counts as academic “scholarship,” and the privilege associated with diagnosis and disclosure, and more.

Podcast music created by Drew Morgan

Follow the Narrative for Social Justice Facebook page

Follow Narrative for Social Justice on Twitter

Open the episode transcript

BIBLIOGRAPHY (also in transcript)

All the Things ADHD, hosted by Lee Skallerup Bessette and Aimée Morrison, https://allthethingsadhd.com/about/.

Bessette, Lee Skalerrup. “You Can Ask for Mental-Health Help, but Can You Find Any?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 October 2021, https://www.chronicle.com/article/you-can-ask-for-mental-health-help-but-can-you-find-any.

—. “Moving In and Out of Time.” Kairos, vol. 26, no. 2, 2022. https://kairos.technorhetoric.net/26.2/interviews/bessette/index.html.

—. Ready Writing. readywriting.org.

Bessette, Lee Skallerup, editor. Affective Labour and Alt-Ac Careers. UP of Kansas, 2022.

Brooks, René. Black Girl Lost Keys. https://blackgirllostkeys.com/.

Davidson, Cathy. Now You See It. Penguin, 2012.

Morrison, Aimée. “(Un)Reasonable, (Un)Necessary, and (In)Appropriate

Biographic Mediation of Neurodivergence in Academic Accomodations.” Biography, vol. 42, no. 3, 2019, pp. 693–719. doi: 10.1353/bio.2019.0066.