Full Name
Andrew Marcum
Job Title
Academic Director/Distinguished Lecturer, Disability Studies Program
Company
CUNY School of Professional Studies
Speaker Bio
Andrew Marcum, Ph. D., is the Academic Director and Distinguished Lecturer for Disability Studies at the CUNY School of Professional Studies and editor of the Journal of Teaching Disability Studies. From 2016-2022, he served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at SPS and Program Coordinator for the Center for Self-Advocacy in Buffalo, NY. His education includes a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Alabama.
Dr. Marcum is a former dissertation research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and a former Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access at the University at Buffalo. He has received numerous academic and service awards and has been recognized by the New York State Senate and the Erie County, NY Office for People with Disabilities for his advocacy work.
His scholarly publications include “Rethinking the American ‘Dream’ Home: The Disability Rights Movement and the Cultural Politics of Accessible Housing in the United States,” in Disabling Domesticity. Edited by Michael A. Rembis. New York: Palgrave/McMillan, December 2016, “‘Free Our People’: A Disability Studies Perspective on Wellbeing,” in Wellbeing as a Multi-Dimensional Concept: Understanding Connections between Culture, Community, and Health. Edited by Janet Page-Reeves. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
Dr. Marcum is a former dissertation research fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and a former Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access at the University at Buffalo. He has received numerous academic and service awards and has been recognized by the New York State Senate and the Erie County, NY Office for People with Disabilities for his advocacy work.
His scholarly publications include “Rethinking the American ‘Dream’ Home: The Disability Rights Movement and the Cultural Politics of Accessible Housing in the United States,” in Disabling Domesticity. Edited by Michael A. Rembis. New York: Palgrave/McMillan, December 2016, “‘Free Our People’: A Disability Studies Perspective on Wellbeing,” in Wellbeing as a Multi-Dimensional Concept: Understanding Connections between Culture, Community, and Health. Edited by Janet Page-Reeves. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
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