CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT(S)I am currently working on several exciting projects, including:
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Presenting "Conceptualizing Dementia as a Disability" at the 2015 North American Network on Aging Studies Conference.
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
I was educated using an interdisciplinary philosophy and encouraged to integrate diverse interests. For example, given my background in gerontology, I am interested in better understanding the phenomenon of aging with a disability and examining how intersections of disability and age affect people’s experiences, opportunities, and participation in society. Many gerontologists view disability primarily through the medical model, and only a few scholars have strived to better integrate gerontology with disability studies, so I believe this is important and timely work. I am interested in considering ways to infuse disability studies pedagogy and theory into gerontology education.
Another of my primary interests related to intersections of old age and disability is dementia. I plan to write my dissertation on reconceptualizing dementia through a disability studies lens.
I am also interested in disability as a social identity and the structures and systems that oppress and marginalize those in this category. In this vein, I highly value intersectional work, and aim to engage in research that considers interlocking systems of oppression related to disability, age, race, class, sex, gender, and sexual orientation.
Some of my other research interests include mental disabilities and neurodivergence, disclosure, higher education, K-12 education, aging, disability, and incarceration, civic engagement, service-learning, social justice, and qualitative methodology.
Another of my primary interests related to intersections of old age and disability is dementia. I plan to write my dissertation on reconceptualizing dementia through a disability studies lens.
I am also interested in disability as a social identity and the structures and systems that oppress and marginalize those in this category. In this vein, I highly value intersectional work, and aim to engage in research that considers interlocking systems of oppression related to disability, age, race, class, sex, gender, and sexual orientation.
Some of my other research interests include mental disabilities and neurodivergence, disclosure, higher education, K-12 education, aging, disability, and incarceration, civic engagement, service-learning, social justice, and qualitative methodology.
