The UMKC General Education Curriculum, as well as many other courses on campus that challenge students to examine their views and values while considering personal, political, economic, environmental and social concerns, are enhanced through Social Justice Book and Lecture Series content.
The Social Justice Book Lecture Series is a part of Social Justice Month! For more details about the month of events — Visit our Social Justice Month page.
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Historian, Disability Studies scholar, and Distinguished Professor, Kim Nielsen joins us on campus for the Social Justice Book Lecture, featuring her book A Disability History of the United States. Registration is required for this free event.
Dr. Kim Nielsen is a Distinguished University Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Toledo. There she teaches courses on disability history, gender, eugenics, and law; and at home raises flowers, tries not to let her cats dominate the household, and enjoys knitting.
Nielsen is the author of the widely used “A Disability History of the United States,” multiple other books and articles, and co-editor of the award-winning “Oxford Handbook of Disability History.” Her most recent book, “Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott,” analyzes a mid-19th century physician incarcerated for two decades at a Wisconsin insane asylum.
In addition, Nielsen has received two Fulbright appointments, numerous scholarly prizes, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Iowa. She speaks widely on disability history and disability justice.