Kit Kavanagh-Ryan

Kit Kavanagh-Ryan is a Lecturer at the School of Information & Communication Studies, Charles Sturt University, a leading institution in library education. Their work integrates disability studies, library and information studies (LIS), and literary scholarship to examine representations of disability in children's and young adult literature.

• Historical perspectives on disability tropes in fiction for children.
• Interdisciplinary intersections of disability studies and librarianship.
• Universal design principles in library world-building and #OwnVoices/#WeNeedDiverseBooks movements.
• Advocacy through library programs and literary analysis of 'narrative prosthesis' and 'miracle cures'.
• Role of libraries in enhancing access and inclusion in publishing sectors.

Kit contributes to the Libraries Research Group at Charles Sturt University, which focuses on evidence-based solutions for library service improvements, collection enhancement, and societal engagement in contemporary librarianship.