About the Author

Petra Kuppers is a community performance artist and disability culture activist. She is professor of English and women’s and gender studies at the University of Michigan and serves on the faculty of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College. Her books include The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art (Minnesota, 2006); Theatre and Disability, Community Performance: An Introduction; and Studying Disability Arts and Culture: An Introduction.