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Christopher M. Bell (1974-December 25, 2009) was a disability studies scholar working in the area of HIV/AIDS, race and ethnicity. He was the former president of the Society for Disability Studies and contributed to national discussions about race, ethnicity and disability studies. His posthumously published anthology, ''Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions'', grew from his early critique of disability studies as a "white discipline" that ignored the racial dimensions of studying disability.〔Bell, Christopher M. (ed.) (2012). ''(Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions )''. East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State University Press.〕 His 2006 essay, "Introducing White Disability Studies: A Modest Beginning," was published in the second edition of the ''Disability Studies Reader'' and established him as a notable disability studies scholar.〔Newman, Adam, P. (2012). (Introducing Black Disability Studies: A Modest Beginning ). ''Disability Studies Quarterly''. Vol. 32. No. 3.〕 == Education and professional background == From August 2008 until the time of his death, Bell was an ARRT Fellow at the Center for Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies at Syracuse University. At Towson University in Maryland from 2006-2008, Bell was a lecturer and adviser in the Department of English; an affiliate faculty member in Cultural Studies, LGBT Studies, and the Honors College; and the adviser of the Queer Student Union. Before 2006, Bell lived in Poland where he researched disability access and representation at the museum spaces of Auschwitz and Birkenau. He also taught Cultural Studies classes at the University of Bielsko-Biala and Thesis Writing classes at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology.〔Towson University English Department. (2006). (Bio of Chris Bell ).〕 Bell was honored as a sexual icon of 2009 on the About.com: Sexuality Web site.〔Silverberg, Cory. (2009). (Sexual Icons and Pioneers Who Died in 2009 ). About.com.〕 He was a frequent invited speaker around the world on the topic of HIV/AIDS, race and disability. As an HIV-positive African American gay man diagnosed in 1997, Bell began speaking about HIV/AIDS education soon after he was diagnosed.〔 Ritchey, Brian. (1998, Feb, 6). (AIDS panel educates MU ). ''The Maneater''. 〕 He was included in an Emmy-nominated AIDS public service announcement for MTV.〔Towson University English Department. (2006). (Bio of Chris Bell ).〕 He was quoted as an expert on AIDS prevention/education in a 2003 ''New York Times Magazine'' article about gay black men living on the "down low." 〔Denizet-Lewis, Benoit (2003, August 3). (Double Lives on the Down Low. ) ''The NY Times Magazine''.〕 In 2009, he was interviewed for ''HIV Plus'' magazine on the topic of whether HIV transmission is murder.〔Ryan, Benjamin. (2009, Jan. 1). (Is it murder? ) ''HIV Plus magazine''. 〕 Bell held a BA in English from the University of Central Missouri and an MA in English with an emphasis in rhetoric from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a doctoral candidate in English at Nottingham Trent University (Great Britain) specializing in cultural studies and use of rhetoric in disability discourse, where his Ph.D. thesis topic was the “spectacle of American AIDS.” 〔Society for Disability Studies. (2010). Remembering Chris Bell. ''SDS Newsletter''. Vol. 2. Issue 1〕〔 Syracuse University Center on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies. (2009, Dec. 26). (Mourning the Loss of Chris Bell, Disability Studies Scholar. ) Center News & Events. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Bell (scholar)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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