Emily Smith Beitiks
Associate Director, Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
Area of expertise:
Disability justice
Disability and popular culture
Reproductive justice issues for people with disabilities
About:
Beitiks is an expert on disability justice and reproductive justice issues for people with disabilities, including sterilization and prenatal testing. Her dissertation, "Building the Normal Body: Disability and the Techno-Makeover," looked at cultural stories told about disabled bodies normalized with science and technology.
Highest Degree:
Ph.D., American studies with disability studies emphasis, University of Minnesota
Office Phone:
(415) 405-3528
Email:
beitiks@sfsu.edu