About​

My first book project establishes the relationship between Black American cultural production and early disability social movements. Spanning Harlem Renaissance protests of eugenics and medical segregation, Black women’s literary critiques of psychiatry, and Ebony magazine’s early coverage of access and medical technologies, this project disrupts the centering of white disabled male narratives during this time.

I am currently at work on a second project exploring historical and contemporary forms of ableism within queer and trans cultures. I am also passionate about increasing access for disabled and trans people in the classroom, workplace, and healthcare, as well as expanding definitions of access in order to understand the fluidity and intersectionality of disability identity.