Faculty Spotlight: Senior Fellow and Professor Embraces Disability Through Movement

A smiling person with a shaved head, featured in our faculty spotlight, wears yellow glasses, a pink scarf, and a black-and-white patterned top while holding bicycle handlebars—showcasing disability through movement.

The University Record spotlights wheelchair dancer, disability culture activist, and community performance artist Petra Kuppers, senior fellow (2021-24) and professor of English language and literature and of women’s and gender studies in LSA; professor of art in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design; and professor of theatre and drama, and of dance in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Learn more about Petra’s activism, methodology, and community events, like QueerCrip Pussy Poets’ Rest Stop and Turtle Disco, in the full feature.