In Memoriam: Mark Ross Bookman, PhD '21

Mark Bookman, sitting tall in his wheelchair, outdoors in front of a tree.It is with great sorrow that the EALC community mourns the passing on December 16 of Mark Bookman – student, colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend. Mark passed away on the cusp of yet further success as both an academic and an activist for universal design and disability rights. His passing leaves our community and the community of Japanese and disability studies poorer. His legacy of pioneering publications, of greater accessibility at Penn and in Japan, and the younger scholars he mentored, will live on, inspiring all of us to learn, to study, to struggle, and to care.

A memorial service will be held at some future point in the Philadelphia area; details will be announcement when they become available.

Read Mark's obituary here.