Participant Info

First Name
Mara
Last Name
Mills
Affiliation
New York University
Website URL
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/mara-mills
Keywords
sound studies, disability studies, business history, history of electronics, history of the telephone
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Personal Info

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About Me

Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, where I co-founded and co-direct the Center for Disability Studies. I received B.A. degrees in Biology and Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.A. in Biology/Ph.D. in History of Science from Harvard University. I’m also a founding editor of the award-winning journal Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience.

Recent Publications

Academic publications, including co-edited books and journal issues, can be found at my personal website:  http://maramills.org/publications/

My public arts and humanities writing can be found in venues like Triple Canopy, Artforum, Public Books, Somatosphere, and AVIDLY—a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Media Coverage
Opinions/research featured in The Atlantic, Gizmodo, Boston Globe, Chronicle of Higher Education, Ploughshares blog, Red Bull Music Academy Daily, & other outlets. Podcasts include 99% Invisible, Surprisingly Brilliant, Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson.
Country Focus
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
19th century, 20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Capitalism, Disability, Medicine, Science, Technology