Michael Rembis
PhD
Associate Professor
Director
Fields
19th century United States History; 20th century United States History; Intellectual History; History of Medicine, Disability and Science; Social and Cultural History; History of Discipline
Education
- PhD, History, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Arizona, Tuscon, 2003
- MS, Curriculum and Instruction, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996
- BA, History, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1994
Courses Regularly Taught
History of Eugenics
History of Madness
Disability History I and II
Introduction to Disability Studies
Research Interests
Rembis has authored or edited many books, articles, and book chapters, including: Defining Deviance: Sex, Science, and Delinquent Girls, 1890-1960 (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois Press, 2011/2013); Disability Histories co-edited with Susan Burch (ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois Press, 2014); The Oxford Handbook of Disability History co-edited with Catherine Kudlick and Kim Nielsen (Oxford ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Press, 2018); Disabling Domesticity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016); and Disability: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2019). In 2012, Rembis and co-editor Kim Nielsen launched the Disability Histories book series with ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois Press. His research interests include the history of institutionalization, mad people's history, and the history of eugenics. He is currently working on a book entitled, Writing Mad Lives - in the Age of the Asylum. Rembis is the lead editor and author on the New York City Department of Education Hidden Voices Project, Perspectives of Americans with Disabilities.
Selected Publications
(Champaign: ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois Press, 2011, 2013)
, co-edited with Susan Burch (Champaign: ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Illinois Press, 2014)
, co-edited with Catherine Kudlick and Kim Neilsen (Oxford: Oxford ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Press, 2018)
(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
Fellowships and Grants
- UB Civic Engagement Research Fellow