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Sami Schalk
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Expert on disability, blackness, and gender in contemporary American literature, media and culture
Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies College of Letters and Science experts@uc.wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- African American, disabled, and women writers
- Intersectionality and social justice
- Disability, race, and gender in popular media
- Diversity in science fiction and speculative media
Achievements
- Contributing author for Our Lives, Madison's LBGTQ magazine
- Member of Madison's Community Pride Coalition, addressing racism in queer communities
- Public intellectual