E-mail: stramond@msu.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Trinity College, Hartford CT, 2004
M.A. Public Policy, Trinity College, Hartford CT, 2007
My research is focused on how social and political forces shape the institutions and practices of bio-medicine. I am particularly interested in how forms of discrimination or oppression can operate in this way. Racism, classism, sexism, hetero-sexism, and ableism all do this in ways that are sometimes similar and sometimes not. Thus far, I have spent most of my time rethinking disability and trying to figure out how our (sometimes flawed) attitudes and beliefs about it have structured bio-medicine in the U.S. Some specific topics that I have tried to think critically about are: genetic screening, human enhancement, personhood, long term care, growth attenuation, healthcare rationing, and organ transplantation.
Outside of the academy, I have been very engaged in the disability rights movement, taking leadership roles in organizations like ADAPT, the State Independent Living Council, and Little People of America.