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Sami Schalk

About
Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is a Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her BA in English (Creative Writing) and Women’s Studies from Miami University, her MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from the University of Notre Dame, and her PhD in Gender Studies from Indiana University. Dr. Schalk’s interdisciplinary research focuses broadly on disability, race, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She has published on literature, film, and material culture in a variety of peer-reviewed humanities journals. For a detailed list of publications and awards, see http://samischalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Samantha-Schalk-CV-Aug-2023.pdf.  Find links to her articles and other writing https://samischalk.com/articles/ Dr. Schalk also writes for mainstream outlets. She identifies as a fat, Black, queer, disabled femme and a pleasure activist. You can follow Dr. Schalk on https://twitter.com/i/status/1182519473007464449.
Website / Online Presence
https://samischalk.com/
This is a 2023–2025 project led by InterAccess, in collaboration with Tangled Art + Disability, and FEZIHAUS™.