Michael Rembis

Director of the Center for Disability Studies

Expertise: disability history; disability studies; history of madness and mental illness; mental health in the context of prisons/mass incarceration; history of eugenics

Email: marembis@buffalo.edu

Joan Linder

Professor of Art

Expertise: drawing, consumption and mass production, mundane objects, modern life, Love Canal and other toxic sites, environmental art, feminist art, power, public art

Phone: 716-645-0539

Email: joannder@buffalo.edu

Lillian S. Williams

Associate Professor of Africana and American Studies

Expertise: U.S. social and urban history; African American history in the U.S. and Western New York; women’s history

Phone: 716-645-0798

Email: lsw4@buffalo.edu

Yini Zhang

Assistant Professor of Communication

Expertise: social media, political communication, misinformation, online activism, impact of social media on journalism and democracy

Phone: 716-645-0954

Email: yzhang20@buffalo.edu

Jordana Maisel

Director of Research for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center)

Expertise: universal design, inclusive design, accessible transit, streetscapes, aging in place

Phone: 716-829-5902

Email: jlmaisel@buffalo.edu