I am a Disability Anthropologist and Professor at Western University. Broadly my research interests include disability culture and social movements, and sociocultural perceptions of disability. I study the intersection of gender, race, economic status, and sexuality in movements for disability liberation (justice and rights) and disability oppression (eugenics, sterilization, mass-incarceration and killing) in Brazil, the US, and Canada. I am also interested in the emergence of disability studies scholarship around the globe.

I have studied disability experience on individual, organizational and social movement levels, with past funded research involving socio-environmental barriers, empowerment/capacity-building, and health promotion. Current funded research and collaborative scholarship includes:

· Social movement activism by led by disabled people in relation to activism led by family members in the US
· Sibling mutual care relationships and planning and facilitation experiences in Canada
· Research creation of “disability portraits” by disabled people in Brazil
· Experiences of disabled Afro-Brazilian women in university.

My qualitative research methodologies combine historical and discourse analyses with community-based ethnographic, autoethnographic, and participatory approaches. I experience ADHD and anxiety and have an Autistic older sister named Hope who I have written about and co-authored about her experiences as a family member, activist, and service recipient in the US.