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Pamela Block is a Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Western University. She obtained her PhD from Duke University in 1997. Her research focuses on disability culture, social movements, and the social perceptions of disability. Her work critically examines the intersections of gender, race, economic status, and sexuality within the movements for disability liberation and justice. Block's research encompasses the oppression of disability including eugenics and mass incarceration, particularly in Brazil and Canada. She has engaged in various collaborative research projects that delve into social movement activism led by disabled individuals, as well as the experiences of disabled Afro-Brazilian women in academic settings. Block employs qualitative methodologies that integrate historical discourse analysis alongside community-based ethnographic approaches. She has authored and co-authored several publications addressing topics such as disability activism and the lived experiences of disabled individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.