Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is a leading scholar in disability justice, bioethics, and culture. A professor of English and bioethics at Emory University, she specializes in disability studies, American literature, and feminist theory. Her 2016 op-ed, Becoming Disabled, launched the New York Times’ disability series, later co-edited into About Us: Essays from the Disability Series. She is the author of Staring: How We Look and Freakery, with her latest work, Freak Inheritance: Eugenics and Extraordinary Bodies in Performance, further expanding the field. Her current project, Embracing Our Humanity: A Bioethics of Disability and Health, explores the intersection of disability and bioethics. She consults and speaks on healthcare ethics, curriculum development, equity, accessibility, and disability culture.