Lauren Shallish

Dr. Lauren Shallish is an Associate Professor of Critical Disability Studies in Education in the Urban Education Department. Her research examines the hyper-labeling of multiply-minoritized students and how constructs of ability and dis/ability are framed in higher education equity work. Her work has appeared in Disability Studies Quarterly, Disability & Society, the Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, SPARK: The Online Magazine for the National Center for Institutional Diversity, Women's Reproductive Health, and The Educational Forum. Invited book chapters include publications in DisCrit Expanded: Inquiries, Reverberations, & Ruptures, Disability as Diversity in Higher Education, and Critical Readings in Interdisciplinary Disability Studies.