Author: Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia

Elizabeth Ellcessor is an associate professor of media studies and senior faculty fellow of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. She is the author of In Case of Emergency: How Technologies Mediate Crisis and Normalize Inequality (NYU Press 2022) and Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of Participation (NYU Press 2016), as well as co-editor of Disability Media Studies (NYU Press 2017). She is the incoming co-editor of the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.

Is Everyone Where They Should Be? Safety, Surveillance, and Diverse Students
Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia

October 10, 2022 Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia Leave a comment

This article addresses campus mediations of safety and emergency services in the era of the mobile application. Through fieldwork and drawing on contemporary data, this article looks at how surveillance and privacy are mediated through “surveillance safety” and other such narratives.

Very Special Webisodes: Web Series, Disability, and Cultural Accessibility
Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

March 23, 2015 Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia One comment

A look into how web series with a strong focus on disability complicate the ideas of cultural accessibility where those traditionally marginalized are capable of employing technologies to aid their self-representation.

Text-To-911: Disability Accommodations, Universal Benefits, and Telecommunications Legacies Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

January 25, 2015 Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia One comment

An examination toward the implications of texting 911.

Technologies of Ability: Media in Academia
Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

October 27, 2014 Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia Leave a comment

A discussion of access and media technologies in relation to teaching and scholarship.

Is Everyone Where They Should Be? Safety, Surveillance, and Diverse StudentsElizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia

Very Special Webisodes: Web Series, Disability, and Cultural Accessibility Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

Text-To-911: Disability Accommodations, Universal Benefits, and Telecommunications Legacies Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

Technologies of Ability: Media in AcademiaElizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

Is Everyone Where They Should Be? Safety, Surveillance, and Diverse Students
Elizabeth Ellcessor / University of Virginia

Very Special Webisodes: Web Series, Disability, and Cultural Accessibility
Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University

Technologies of Ability: Media in Academia
Elizabeth Ellcessor / Indiana University