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Curriculum Vitae
Jen Rinaldi, PhD, MA, BA[H]
905-721-8668 ext. 5873 (office)
Jen.Rinaldi@uoit.ca
Jenrinaldiphd.wordpress.com
Education
Linkoping University: Research School of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, 2013.
Doctoral Course: Out of Order: Disability, Danger and Desire (Declined)
York University: PhD in Critical Disability Studies, 2007-2013.
Dissertation: Autonomy Equality, and Respect for Difference: Investigating Principle-Based
Approaches to Technologically Mediated Reproductive Contexts. Supervisor Dr. Nancy Viva
Davis Halifax, advisors Dr. Roxanne Mykitiuk, & Dr. Barbara Katz Rothman. Defense Apr.
2013.
Comprehensive Examinations (3): Critical Theory and Disability, Disability and Bioethics, &
Disability, Law, and Perception. Supervisors Dr. Marcia Rioux, Dr. Adrienne Asch, & Dr.
Geoffrey Reaume. Defense Oct. 2010.
University of Guelph: MA in Philosophy, graduated with Honours, 2005-2007
Thesis: The Point at which the Canadian Same-Sex Marriage Policy Should
be beyond Deliberation. Supervisor Dr. Karen Wendling, advisor Dr. Karen Houle. Defense Jun.
2007.
University of Windsor: Combined BA[H] in Philosophy and Classical Civilizations,
graduated with Great Distinction, 2001-2005.
Directed Reading Major Paper: Women of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty: An Investigation into
their Involvement in Politics and History ‒ Supervisor Dr. Max Nelson. Submitted Apr. 2005.
Awards and Honours
Nominee, 2013. York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Dissertation Prize in recognition of
an outstanding defense.
Recipient, 2013. Robert Tiffin Student Leadership Award in recognition of leadership that
contributed to growth, development, and vitality of York University.
Recipient, 2007-2013. York University internal scholarship in support of Doctoral studies.
$20,000/annum.
Recipient, 2011. Society for Disability Studies Conference Scholarship in recognition of
outstanding submission. $100.
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Recipient, 2010. Canadian Disability Studies Association Conference Outstanding Student
Proposal. $120.
Recipient, 2005-2006. Ontario Graduate Scholarship in support of Master’s studies. $15,000.
Recipient, 2001-2005. University of Windsor internal scholarship in support of undergraduate
studies. $9,000.
Recipient, 2001-2005. University of Windsor Dean’s Honour Roll.
Recipient, 2005. Board of Governors Medal for Classical Civilizations and Modern Languages in
recognition of achieving highest academic standing in Classical Civilizations.
Recipient, 2003-2004. Assumption University Major H.P. Swan Prize in Philosophy.
Recipient, 2003. Board of Governors Medal for Arts in recognition of achieving highest
academic standing in the Arts discipline.
Academic Appointments
Full-Time Academic Associate, 2013-2016. University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Course Director, Winter 2014. SSCI 1010U Introduction to Canadian Legal System.
Criminology, Faculty of Social Science & Humanities.
Course Director, Winter 2014. SSCI 2940U Qualitative & Case Study Research Methods.
Criminology, Faculty of Social Science & Humanities.
Course Director, Winter 2014. LGLS 3300U Disability & the Law. Legal Studies, Faculty of
Social Science & Humanities.
Course Director, Fall 2013. LGLS 2200U Legal Theory. Legal Studies, Faculty of Social Science
& Humanities.
Course Director, Fall 2013. LGLS 2940U Legal Research Methods. Legal Studies, Faculty of
Social Science & Humanities.
Contract Faculty, 2012-2013. University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Course Director, Winter 2013. HLSC 3501U Health Law. Health Science, Faculty of Health
Sciences.
Course Director, Fall 2012. LGLS 3300U Disability & the Law. Legal Studies, Faculty of Social
Science & Humanities.
Contract Faculty, 2013-2014. York University.
Course Director, Summer 2014. HLST 4010 Health Care Ethics: Policy and Management
Perspectives. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
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Course Director, Winter 2014. ENVS 1900 Uncovering the Body: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies.
Course Director, Fall 2013. HLST 4010 Health Care Ethics: Policy and Management
Perspectives. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Assistantships, 2007-2013. York University.
Teaching Assistant, 2013-2014. ENVS 1900 Uncovering the Body: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives. Course director Dr. Nancy Viva Davis Halifax. Environmental Studies, Faculty of
Environmental Studies.
Teaching Assistant, Summer 2013. HLST 1000 Introduction to Health Studies. Course director
Prof. Pauline Charlton. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Teaching Assistant, 2011-2012. SOSC 1210 Human Rights in a Socio-Legal Context. Course
director Dr. Kerry Taylor. Law and Society, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2012. HLST 4010 Health Care Ethics: Policy and Management
Perspective. Course director Dr. Nancy Viva Davis Halifax. School of Health Policy &
Management, Faculty of Health.
Graduate Assistant, Summer 2011. Critical Disability Studies Graduate Program. Supervisor
Domenica Lam.
• Aided in administrative tasks
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2011. HLST 1011 Foundations of Health Studies II. Course director
Prof. Nicole Tenn-Lyn. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2010. HLST 1010 Foundations of Health Studies I. Course director Dr.
Dennis Raphael. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Research Assistant, 2009-2010. Supervisor Dr. Peter Tsasis.
• Researched coping mechanisms for people with COPD
• Managed research team
• Wrote grant proposals
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2009. HLST 1011 Foundations of Health Studies II. Course director
Dr. Joel Lexchin. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008. HLST 1010 Foundations of Health Studies I. Course director Dr.
Dennis Raphael. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health.
Graduate Assistant, 2007-2008. Disability Rights Promotion International.
• Transcribed interviews
• Aided in organizing conferences
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• Wrote grant proposals
Assistantships, 2004-2005. University of Windsor.
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2005. PHIL 34-110 Introduction to Western Philosophy. Course
director Dr. Robert Pinto. Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2004. PHIL 34-130 Reasoning Skills. Course director Dr. Hans Hansen.
Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences.
Teaching Assistant, Winter 2004. LLC 11-162 Introduction to Roman Civilization. Course
director Dr. Patricia Fagan. Classical Civilizations & Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts,
Humanities & Social Sciences.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). The Public Pregnancy: How the Fetal Debut and the Public Health
Paradigm Affect Pregnancy Practice. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History Special Issue on
Reproductive Health History in Canada.
Rinaldi, J., & Walsh, S. (2013). Two Women, Shared Stories: Contending with the
Appropriation of Resistance in the Context of Sexuality. Feral Feminisms, 1.
Rinaldi, J. (2013). Reproductive Inequality in Canada. Health Tomorrow: Interdisciplinarity and
Internationality, 1(1).
Rinaldi, J. (2013). Reflexivity in Disability Research: Disability between the Lines. Disability
Studies Quarterly, 33(2).
Rinaldi, J. (2011). Disability Studies Fieldwork: Does the Nondisabled Researcher Belong?.
Playing the Field Conference Proceedings.
Rinaldi, J. (2009). Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth: The Devaluation of Life with Disability.
The Journal of Public Policy, Administration, and Law, 1, 31-37.
Articles
Rinaldi, J. (2013). Critical Disability Discourse Retrospective. Critical Disability Discourse, 5,
5-10.
Rinaldi, J. (2012). Underground Dance. York University Free Press, 5(1), 17.
Rinaldi, J. (2012). A Reflection on Weight Management, and our Managers. York University
Free
Press, 4(3), 15.
Rinaldi, J. (2011). Brick Walls, Bed Restraints, and Behavioural Modification: The Incarceration
of Mad Persons. York University Free Press, 4(2), 6.
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Rinaldi, J., & Walsh, S. (2010). Forgotten Stakeholders: A Case for the Protecting Vulnerable
People Against Picketing Act. York University Free Press, 3(2), 19.
Rinaldi, J. (2010). Accessibility Roundtable. York University Free Press, 3(1), 11-12.
Rinaldi, J. (2010). The Problem with Bat Signal Politics. York University Free Press, 3(1), 20.
Rinaldi, J. (2010). Is Access to Information Access to Freedom? A Discussion of Reproduction,
Abortion, and Disability. York University Free Press, 2(3), 21-22.
Rinaldi, J. (2009). Dr. Geoffrey Reaume’s Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Wall Tours. York University Free Press, 2(2), 3.
Rinaldi, J. (2009). Décisions sur la reproduction dans des contextes d`handicapisme. Le Journal
de l’AQEIPS Hermes, 10-11.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
Halifax, N.V.D., & Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). Challenging Rhetorical Indifference with Cripped
Poetry of Witness. In C. Kelly & M. Orsini (Eds.), Canadian Disability Activism Beyond the
Charter: Locating Artistic and Cultural Interventions.
Jones, C., & Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). Eutopias and Dis-Topias: Re-Imagining the Citizen of
Ideal Societies. In C. Jones & C. Ellis (Eds.), The Individual and Utopia: A Multidisciplinary
Study of Humanity and Perfection. Ashgate Publishing.
Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). Morgentaler and the Technological Production of Embodiment. In T.P.
Light & S. Stettner (Eds.), Canadian Abortion Politics: Twenty-Five Years After Morgentaler.
Rinaldi, J. (2011). What Feminism has to Say about World War Z. In R. Smith (Ed.),
BRAAAIIINNNSSS: From Academics to Zombies (pp. 9-20). Ottawa: University of Ottawa
Press.
Book Chapters
Rinaldi, J., & Walsh, S. (forthcoming). The Reinvention of Self in the Context of
Heteronormativity and Ableism. In C. Wood (Ed.), Criptiques.
Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). Out of Touch. In C. Teeple-Hopkins & M. Baxo (Eds.), Please Stand
Bi. Jackson: Seal Press.
Rinaldi, J., & Walsh, S. (forthcoming). In Solidarity? Tensions between Labour and Disability
Politics in the Context of Care-Giving Work. In K.R. Johnson & K. Couture (Eds.), Disability
Discrimination at Work. Williamstown: Piraeus Books.
Book Reviews
Rinaldi, J. (forthcoming). Imaging and Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric
Ultrasound, by Malcolm Nicolson & John E.E. Fleming. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History.
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Editorial Contributions
Reviews Editor, 2013-present. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.
Guest Co-Editor, 2011-2013. Disability Studies Quarterly Special Issue on Researcher Identity
and Reflexivity.
Editorial Collective Member, 2009-2013. York University Free Press.
• Chief Administrator and Finance Officer
• Copy-Editing Coordinator
• Staff Writer
Founder & Managerial Editor, 2008-2011. Critical Disability Discourse.
• Designed website
• Coordinated review process
• Managed promotion
Conferences
Presentations
Rice, C., Chandler, E., Rinaldi, J., & Harrison, E. (Jun. 2014). Pedagogical Possibilities of
Unruly Bodies. Arts in Society 9th Annual Conference. Rome, Italy.
Rinaldi, J. (Jun. 2014). Theoretical Reflections on Arts-Informed Qualitative Research. 31st
Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference. London ON, Canada.
Halifax, N.V.D., & Rinaldi, J. (Jun. 2014). Challenging Rhetorical Indifference with Cripped
Poetry of Witness. Society for Disability Studies 27th Annual International Conference.
Minneapolis MN, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Feb. 2014). Digitized Mythos: Digital Storytelling as Arts-Informed Research Praxis.
26th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference. Las Vegas NV, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Jun. 2013). “I Was Anorexic”: The Paradigm of Body Management and the
Problematics of Recovery. Society for Disability Studies 26th Annual International Conference.
Orlando FL, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Jun. 2013). “I Was Anorexic”: The Paradigm of Body Management and the
Problematics of Recovery. Canadian Disability Studies Association 10th Annual Conference.
Victoria BC, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Oct. 2012). The Public Pregnancy: How the Fetal Debut and the Public Health
Paradigm Affect Pregnancy Practice. Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community
Involvement: Motherhood, Science, and Technology. Toronto ON, Canada.
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Rinaldi, J., & Walsh, S. (Jun. 2012). In Solidarity? Tensions between Labour and Disability
Politics in the Context of Care-Giving Work. Canadian Disability Studies Association 9th
Annual Conference. Waterloo ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (May 2012). The History of Disability De-Selective Reproductive Technologies.
Canadian Society for the History of Medicine. Waterloo ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2012). Reflexivity in Disability Research: Disability between the Lines. Critical
Disability Studies Students’ Association 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference. Toronto ON,
Canada.
Rinaldi, J., Roosen, K., & Goodfellow, A. (Jun. 2011). Research and Self Disclosure. Society for
Disability Studies 24th Annual International Conference. San Francisco CA, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2011). Reproductive Inequality in Canada. York Institute for Health Research
Graduate Student Symposium. Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2011). The Mad People’s Movement Engages 1001 Queen Street West’s
History: Transformation through Art and Activism. Psychology Graduate Students’ Association
Annual Conference. Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Jun. 2010). Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth: The Devaluation of Life with
Disability. Canadian Disability Studies Association 7th Annual Conference. Montreal QB,
Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2010). Evaluation of Employment Opportunities for People with Intellectual
Disabilities. YAI Network 31st Annual International Conference. New York City NY, USA.
Goodfellow, A., Rinaldi, J., & Roosen, K. (Nov. 2009). Disability Studies Fieldwork: Does the
Nondisabled Researcher Belong? Playing the Field: 1st Annual Graduate Student Conference.
Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Mar. 2008). The Moral Obligation to Forgive (Mar. 2008). Thinking/Doing Justice:
Graduate Student Conference. Lexington KY, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Feb. 2008). The Moral Obligation to Forgive. Philosophy Department Graduate
Student Conference. Ann Arbor MI, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (Feb. 2008). X-Men and Disability: Disability Studies Brought to Life in Film. New
Frontiers: 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference. Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Mar. 2007). Women’s Moral Obligation to Protest. Philosophy Graduate Student
Association Conference. Waterloo ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Oct. 2006). Women’s Moral Obligation to Protest. Atlantic Region Philosophy
Association Conference. Fredericton NB, Canada.
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Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2006). The Limitations to Deliberative Democracy. Master’s Philosophy
Conference. Guelph ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Mar. 2005). Messalina: Perpetrator of Scandal or Function of Roman Standards?
History and Classics Undergraduate Association Conference. Edmonton AB, Canada.
Poster Presentations
Rinaldi, J. (May 2011). Incorporating Respect for Difference into Equality Jurisprudence. Nordic
Network on Disability Research 11th Research Conference. Reykjavik, Iceland.
Rinaldi, J. (Feb. 2011). The Need for Equality in Reproductive Contexts (Feb. 2011). Promoting
Health Equity: Action on the Social Determinants of Health. Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Oct. 2010). The Mad People’s Movement Engages 1001 Queen Street West’s
History: Transformation through Art and Activism. Thriving in 2010 and Beyond, London ON,
Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Oct. 2009). Normalizing Surgical Procedures: Bioethics and Disability Studies
Collide. European Science Foundation Annual Conference on the Perfect Body. Linkoping
Sweden.
Rinaldi, J., & Hutchinson, K. (May 2009). Ableist Narratives and Diverse Worlds: A
Consideration of Context in Children’s Literature. Critical Disability Studies Students’
Association 5th Annual Graduate Student Conference. Toronto ON, Canada.
Rinaldi, J. (Apr. 2008). X-Men and Disability: Disability Studies Brought to Life in Film. Pacific
Rim International Conference on Disability. Honolulu HI, USA.
Rinaldi, J. (May 2007). Women’s Moral Obligation to Protest. Feminist Research Group
Conference. Windsor ON, Canada.
Artistic Contributions
Artist (Oct. 2013). Litany of the White Noise. In C. Rice & E. Chandler, Startling Beauty:
Disabled and Fat Figures in Art and Activism. Centre for Media and Culture in Education Event.
Toronto ON, Canada.
Artist (Mar. 2013). Corpus. In The Contemporary Urgencies of Audre Lorde’s Legacy.
Community Arts Practice Event. Toronto ON, Canada.
Invited Speaking Engagements
Panel Participation
Rinaldi, J. (2013). Disability Disclosure Roundtable. Disability Disclosure in Higher Education.
Newark DE, USA.
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Rinaldi, J. (2013). Plenary Panel: Interdisciplinarity in Disability Studies: Students’ Perspective.
Canadian Disability Studies Association 10th Annual Conference. Victoria BC, Canada.
Guest Lectures
Rinaldi, J. (2013). Reproductive Bodies. ENVS 1900 Uncovering the Body: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives. Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies. York University.
Rinaldi, J. (2011). Reproductive Health. HLST 4010 Health Care Ethics: Policy and
Management Perspective. School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health. York
University.
Rinaldi, J. (2010). The Fight for Fertility: The Forced Sterilization of Disabled People. CDIS
5120 Disability and the Law. Critical Disability Studies, Faculty of Health. York University.
Rinaldi, J. (2010). Reproductive Technology. SPTH 6664 Docile Body: Postmodern Thought on
Power and Body. Social and Political Thought, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
York University.
Rinaldi, J. (2009). Genetic Screening and Selective Abortion. CDIS 5120 Disability and the Law.
Critical Disability Studies, Faculty of Health. York University.
Rinaldi, J. (2008). The Elusive IQ: The Dangerous Business of Measuring Intelligence. PSYC
1010 Introduction to Psychology. Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Wayne State
University.
Event Organization
Organizing Committee Member, 2011-2012. 8th International Short Break Association BiAnnual Conference.
Organizing Committee Member, 2011. Psychology Graduate Students’ Association Annual
Conference. Toronto ON, Canada.
Facilitator, 2010-2011. Alternative Media Writing Workshop. Toronto ON, Canada.
Facilitator, 2009. Centre for Women and Trans People–York Presents Women’s Writing
Workshop. Toronto ON, Canada.
Assistant, 2009. In J. Rae, Access Beyond the Ramp. Collections, Connections and Communities
Conference. Ottawa ON, Canada.
Organizing Committee Member, 2009. Ladyfest. Toronto ON, Canada.
Coordinator, 2008-2010. Critical Disability Studies Students’ Association Guest Speaker Series.
Toronto ON, Canada.
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Coordinator, 2008. Chimneystack Guest Speaker Series. Toronto ON, Canada.
Coordinator, 2007-2010. Critical Disability Studies Students’ Association Graduate Student
Conference. Toronto ON, Canada.
Coordinator, 2007-2008. Critical Disability Studies Students’ Association Student Colloquia.
Toronto ON, Canada.
Commentator, 2006. Existentialist and Phenomenological Theory and Culture Conference.
Toronto ON, Canada.
Discussant, 2006. World Café. Guelph ON, Canada.
Committee Membership
Member, 2013-present. Academic Integrity Committee. Legal Studies & Criminology, Faculty of
Social Science & Humanities. University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Member, 2012-2014. Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement.
Member, 2011-2014. Society for Disability Studies.
Member, 2010-2014. Canadian Disability Studies Association.
Founder, Website Manager, & Secretary Treasurer, 2010-2012. Critical Disability Studies
Students’ Association Executive Committee. Critical Disability Studies, Faculty of Health. York
University.
Doctoral Student Representative, 2007-2010. Critical Disability Studies Executive Committee.
Critical Disability Studies, Faculty of Health. York University.
Professional Experience
Private Tutor, 2008-present. The Learning Curve.
• Specializes in tutoring children with learning disabilities
• Instructor in PSAT test-taking strategies
Private Tutor, 2006-2007. Students Helping Students.
• Specialized in tutoring children with learning disabilities
• Aided in administrative tasks
Private Tutor & Respite Provider, 2006-2007. Family Respite Services.
Youth Class Instructor, 2003-2007. Optimist Community Centre.
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• Counsellor for summer camps and after-school programs
• Taught Learn to Babysit and Home Alone courses
• Recognized in Windsor Parent Magazine
Youth Class Instructor, 2004-2005. Amherstburg Academy of Arts.
• Taught Learn to Babysit courses
Freelance Copy-Editor, 2000-present.
• Copy-edited conference programs, Master’s theses, Doctoral comprehensive examinations