Ann Fox

Education

• Ph. D., M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington
• B.A., B.S. State University of New York, Buffalo

Areas of Expertise

• Disability Studies in Drama and Art
• Modern and Contemporary Drama
• Visual and Cultural Studies
• Graphic Medicine
• American Studies

Background

I specialize in 20th- and 21st-century dramatic literature and disability studies. My teaching interests include modern and contemporary drama and disability in drama, literature, and visual culture.

I have published extensively on disability and representation in sources including Legacy , Contemporary Theatre Review , the National Women's Studies Association Journal , Gendering Disability , The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies , and Disability Studies Quarterly. I was an American Association of University Women American Postdoctoral Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Disability Studies Fellow, National Humanities Center Jesse Ball DuPont Summer Seminar Fellow, Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, IES Faculty Development Seminar Fellow, and a seminar leader for the Charlotte Teacher's Institute (CTI). In 2017-2018, I was a Davidson College Boswell Family Faculty Fellow.

I have served on the executive board of the Society for Disability Studies and the MLA Executive Committee of the Division on Disability Studies. My current book project traces the representation of disability on the 21st century commercial stage. At these links you may view examples of my scholarly work on disability in art (PDF) and disability in American drama (PDF).

My work in disability studies has led to exciting interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues. I have co-curated three disability-related visual arts exhibitions in the Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College: RE/FORMATIONS: Disability, Women, and Sculpture, STARING, and Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS. I lecture frequently on the topic of disability and representation at conferences and universities worldwide.