J.C. Sibara (Jay)
Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Education
MA, English, University of Southern California
BA, English with a Minor in Philosophy and a Concentration in Interpretation Theory, Swarthmore College
Areas of Expertise
- Critical race and ethnic studies
- Critical disability studies
- Environmental humanities
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Medical humanities
- Multi-ethnic US literatures
Courses Currently Teaching
| Course | Course Title |
|---|---|
| WG120B A | Critical Inquiries in Medical Ethics |
| WG241 A | Foundations of Disability Studies |
| WG352 A | Theorizing Medicine: Critical Race Studies to Trans of Color Critique |
| WG493 A | Seminar: Identity Formation, Social Movement, and Gender |
Professional Information
Publications
"Disability and Dissent in Ann Petry's The Street." Literature and Medicine 36.1 (2018): 1-26.
Disability Studies and the Environmental Humanities: Toward an Eco-Crip Theory. Co-edited with Sarah Jaquette Ray. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
“Disease, Disability, and the Alien Body in the Literature of Sui Sin Far." MELUS: The Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 39.1 (2014): 56-81.
Other Publications
"Three Bullets." Short story. Moss: A Journal of the Pacific Northwest. 2019.
“’From the Periphery Towards the Center’: Locating an Alternative Genealogy for Disability Studies in Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals.” UCLA Center for the Study of Women and Gender. Thinking Gender Papers. University of California eScholarship, California Digital Library, 2009.
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