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Lennard J. Davis, a nationally and internationally known American specialist in disability studies, is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Arts and Sciences, and also Professor of Disability and Human Development in the School of Applied Health Sciences and Professor of Medical Education in the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is also director of (Project Biocultures ), a think-tank devoted to studying the intersection of culture, medicine, disability, biotechnology, and the biosphere. His current interests include disability-related issues; literary and cultural theory; genetics, race, identity; and biocultural issues. He received degrees of B.A., M.A., and M.Phil. at Columbia University, and a PhD. in the Department of English and Comparative Literature in 1976. His dissertation director was Edward Said. ==Awards== * 1996 Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights’ annual award for the best scholarship on the subject of intolerance in North America * Guggenheim Fellowship for his book ''Obsession: A History'' * National Book Critics Circle Nominee for ''My Sense of Silence'', 2001 * Fulbright Recipient, lecturing in New Zealand at Victoria University of Wellington, University of Waikato, and Auckland University, 1994 *American Council of Learned Societies Award 1986. 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「Lennard J. Davis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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