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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is Professor of Women's Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She has a number of books and articles intersecting the themes of feminism and disability studies. |
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Margrit Shildrick is Professor of Gender and Knowledge Production at Linköping University in Sweden. She is also adjunct Professor of Critical Disability Studies at York University, Toronto, and Honorary Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Liverpool. |
Gill Valentine works at the University of Sheffield as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Social Sciences. Gill's research interests are focused in social identities and belonging; childhood, parenting and family life; and urban cultures and consumption. |
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Alan Roulstone is sociologist and professor in Disability Studies at Leeds University. Alan has undertaken a wide range of multi-disciplinary social sciences research and teaching on disability, welfare, work, stigma, policy discourses, hate crime and jeopardized lives |
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Susie Balderston is a feminist and activist in disabilty rights. She is co-founder and director of Vision Sense. She is reasearcher in human rights, violence against women, hate crimes against disable people. |
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Ruth Bashall is an activist for disability rights. She is director of Stay Safe, institution that provides advocacy and support to Deaf and disabled victims and survivors of hate crime, domestic and sexual violence and other human rights abuses. |
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Tom Wengraf works on biographical methods in social science. He is the mentor of Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM). |
Prue Chamberlayne has extensive experience of teaching comparative social policy and of using biographical methods in research. She provides intensive BNIM training, along with Tom Wengraf. |