Michelle Jarman holds a PhD in English and is Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Wyoming, where she oversees the undergraduate Minor in Disability Studies. Broadly, her research explores productive connections between disability studies, race studies, and gender theory in a variety of disability representations in 20th and 21st century U.S. literature and culture. Jarman's essays have appeared in journals such as MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), Review of Disability Studies, Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, Feminist Formations, and several literary and disability studies anthologies.