Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is a bioethicist, author, educator, humanities scholar, and thought leader in disability justice and culture.
RGT offers expertise in the equity, knowledge, culture, and ethics of disability to a broad range of institutions and communities, with a focus on the areas of medical humanities, healthcare ethics, and diversity and inclusion initiatives that go beyond compliance.
RGT has taught disability studies, bioethics, American literature and culture, and critical theory at Emory, UCLA, Howard, and Brandeis Universities for more than 20 years. She is a widely recognized and published scholar and mentor. Most recently, she is co-editor of About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times and is the author of Staring: How We Look and several other books.