The JPED has published a special issue featuring a series of articles focused on a single topic each most years since 2009. These special topical issues typically have a guest editor and relate to an emerging or hot topic in the field of postsecondary education and disability. They are a great resource for locating multiple articles on a focused area of interest. The following list of special issue topics also provides a link to the publication in the online JPED archive.
2023
Special Issue Topic: Ethics, Standards, and Competencies in services for Disabled Students: Reflections and Progress
Guest editors: Lyman Dukes and Joseph Madaus
Special Issue Topic: Including Disability-Related Topics in Postsecondary Courses and Professional Development
Guest editors: Sheryl Burgstahler
2022
Special issue topic: No special issue in volume 35
2021
Special issue topic: No special issue in volume 34
2020
Special issue topic: Challenges and Opportunities for Assessing, Evaluating, and Researching Disability in Higher Education
Link: JPED Volume 33, Issue 3, Fall 2020
Guest Editors: Ryan Miller, Annemarie Vaccaro, Melanie N. Lee
2019
Special issue topic: Academic Accommodations
Link: JPED volume 32 issue 3
Editor: Roger Wessel
2018
Special issue topic: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Postsecondary Education
Link: JPED volume 31 issue 2
Editor: Roger Wessel
2017
Special issue topic: No special issue in volume 30
2016
Special issue topic: Contemporary Best Practices in Disability Services
Link: JPED volume 29 issue 3
Guest editors: Larry Markle
2015
Special issue topic: International Research and Practice
Link: JPED volume 28 issue 4
Guest editors: Alan Hurst and Christie Gilson
2014
Special issue topic: The 30th Anniversary of the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability
Link: JPED volume 27 issue 4
Guest editors: Joseph Madaus, Lyman Dukes, and Allison Lombardi
2013
Special issue topic: Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disability (ID): Expanding the Research
Link: JPED volume 26 issue 4
Guest editors: Colleen Thoma and Dawn Carlson
2012
Special issue topic: JUST (Just, Usable, Sustainable, and Transformational) Design
Link: JPED volume 25 issue 3
Guest editors: Elizabeth Harrison and Christopher Lanterman
2011
Special issue topic: STEM Education
Link: JPED volume 24 issue 4
Guest editor: Sheryl Burgstahler
2010
Special issue topic: Disability Studies
Link: JPED volume 23 issue 1
Guest editor: Sue Kroeger
2009
Special issue topic: Veterans with Disabilities
Link: JPED volume 22 issue 1
Guest editor: Joseph Madaus
2006
Special issue topic: Universal Design in Higher Education
Link: JPED volume 19 issue 2
Guest editor: Lydia Block
2006
Special issue topic: Supporting the Success of Persons with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education
Link: JPED volume 18 issue 2
Guest editor: Robert Stodden
2003
Special issue topic: New Directions in Faculty Development
Link: JPED volume 17 issue 1
Guest editors: Stan Shaw and Sally Scott