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Present	Professor - Sociocultural Anthropology, Western University ‐ Department of Anthropology
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Anthropology and Social and Cultural Anthropology

My research interests include “disability culture” and cultural perceptions of disability in the United States, Brazil and Canada and the scholarly intersections of disability, anthropology and occupational studies. I study disability experience on individual, organizational and community levels, with past funded research involving socio-environmental barriers, empowerment/capacity-building, and health promotion. My qualitative research methodologies combine historical and discourse analyses with community-based ethnographic, authoethnographic, and participatory approaches. I am particularly interested in the intersections of gender, race, economic status, and disability in movements for disability liberation (justice and rights) and disability oppression (eugenics, sterilization, mass-incarceration and killing) in Brazil, the United States and Canada. My current research involves the experiences of people with complex medical conditions who rely on technologies such as mechanical ventilation and 24/7 skilled nursing for survival. I actively support initiatives related to the emergence of neurodivergence and disability studies in Brazil and other Global South Countries.

Anthropology & Embodiment
Cultures of Health, Illness, Disability, and Healing
Anthropology of Race, Ethnicity and Identity
Introduction to Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology, Prof. Block & Granadillo

1997	PhD, Duke University
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