STEPHEN FRENCH GILSON
Professor of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work, University of Maine
Ph.D. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Medical Sciences. 1991.
MSW University of Denver, Social Work. 1980.
Most Recent Awards/Honors:
2008 Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Multicultural Council Award for Leadership in Diversity
2008, elected as Chair-Elect for the Disability Section for the American Public Health Association.
2008, Summer Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel.
2005 Allan Meyers Award for Scholarship in Disability, American Public Health Association, September.
Research and Academic Teaching Experience
July 2008-present: Senior Research Fellow. Ono Academic College. Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions. 104 Zahal St., Kiryat Ono 55000 Israel
2000-present Professor (Associate Professor; 2000-2004) Interdisciplinary Disability Studies, Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies and School of Social Work University of Maine Orono, Orono, ME.
1993-2000 Assistant Professor (1993-1999), Associate Professor, with Tenure. (1999- 2000) Virginia Commonwealth University. School of Social Work. Richmond, VA
Most Recent Publications
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F. (in press). Designer diversity: Moving beyond categorical branding. The Journal of Comparative Social Welfare.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F. (in press). Disability as disjuncture: Integrative theory and guidelines for responsive global communities. Sage Publications.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (in press). Disability by Design. The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F. (in press). Social work practice with disability: Moving from the perpetuation of a client category to human rights and social justice. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics.
Gilson, S.F., & DePoy, E. (in press). Policy legitimacy: a model for disability policy analysis and change. The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2008). Disability Studies: Origins, Current Conflict, and Resolution. The Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal 4(4), 33-42.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2008). Designing University Techscapes: An Inter-Organizational Technology Collaboration to Advance Equality of Participation in University Organizations. In J. Salmons, & L. Wilson, (Eds.), A Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy (pp. 223-237). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Gilson, S., & DePoy, E. (2008). Designer Diversity: Constructing Bodies and Backgrounds through Contemporary Design Theory. International Journal of the Humanities, 6(4), 177-188.
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2008). Explanatory legitimacy: A model for disability policy development and analysis. In K. M. Sowers (Series Ed.) I. Colby (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of social work and social welfare: Vol 4. Social policy and policy practice (pp. 203-217). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2007). Evaluation practice: How to do good evaluation research in work settings. New York: Routledge.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2007). The Bell-Shaped Curve: Alive, Well and Living in Diversity Rhetoric. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 7 (3), 253-260. Retrieved http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.514
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2007). Da Vinci’s Ill Fated Design Legacy: Homogenization and Standardization. The International Journal of the Humanities, 5, (7), 145-154. Retrieved http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.1150
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2007). Geographic analysis for the social sciences. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1 (6), 89-96.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2007) The human experience: Description, explanation, and judgment. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F. (2005/2006). Moving beyond nomothetic category: Diversity as symmetry. International Journal of the Humanities, 4, http://www.Humanities-Journal.com
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2006). Universal web access: An intelligent web interface. International
Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 1, 128-131.
Selected Recent Presentations
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2008, October 27). Responding to Diversity: An Inclusive Health Promotion Technology. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. (juried).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2008, July 15-18). Designer Diversity: Constructing Bodies and Backgrounds Through Contemporary Design Theory. 6th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Faith University, Istanbul, Turkey. (juried).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2008, June). Human Environment Juncture: Theoretical Foundation for Research, Education, and Social Action. Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions. Ono Academic College. Kiryat Ono Israel. (invited).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2008, April, 15). Disability Studies, Past, Present Conflicts, and Future Initiatives and Directions. 24th Annual Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, April 14 and 15, 2008. (Invited – Noted Speakers Series).
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2007, November). Health Policy Considerations: Explanatory Legitimacy & Evaluation Practice. Equal Health Opportunity Committee. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007. (invited).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2007, July). The bell-shaped curve: Alive, well and living in diversity rhetoric. 7th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations. Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2007. (juried).
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2007, July). Da vinci’s ill fated design legacy: homogenization and standardization. 5th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Paris, France, July 2007. (juried).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2006, November 29). Reinventing disability and sexuality. The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. New York University. Disability and Sexuality Series. (invited).
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S. F. (2006, October). From Universal Design to Universal Communities: Flattening the Curve. Paper presentation (Association of University Centers on Disabilities) AUCD's 2006 Annual Meeting and Conference, 2006 in Washington DC.
