GERBER, ELAINE
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; Assistant Professor.
Vice President, Society for Disability Studies.
Phone: 973-855-3187
Email: gerbere@mail.montclair.edu
Key Research Interests:
Medical Anthropology; Disability Studies; Gender and Health; Assistive & Reproductive Technologies; Applied Research Methods; Food Security; Blindness; contemporary US & Europe.
More Information on Ongoing Research Projects:
Courses Taught at MSU:
ANTH 100 - Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 110 – Multicultural America [ANTH 110 syllabus]
ANTH 330 – Anthropology of Food & Nutrition [syllabus]
Other Courses Taught:
Embodiment and Disability
Disability, Health, & Community
The Anthropology of Food
Culture and Medicine
The Politics & Culture of Reproductive Technologies
Reproduction and the Law
Introduction to Anthropology
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Origins of Society
Selected Publications:
Gerber, Elaine. "Food Studies and Disability Studies: Introducing a Happy Marriage," in Eat Drink and Inclusion: The Politics of Disability & Food, Disabilities Studies Quarterly, Special Theme Issue, Summer 2007, Vol. 27, Issue 3
Gerber, Elaine. “Seeing Isn’t Believing: Blindness, Race, and Cultural Literacy,” The Senses and Society, Winter 2007, Volume 2, Number 1.
Gerber, Elaine. "The Benefits of and Barriers to Computer Use for Individuals Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired," Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 97[9]:536-550, 2003.
Gerber, Elaine and Corinne Kirchner, "Livable Communities Throughout the Life Course," Disability Studies Quarterly, Spring 2003.
Gerber, Elaine, "Deconstructing Pregnancy: Seeing ‘Eggs’ and the Ambiguity of Very Early Conceptions," Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 16[1]:92-108, 2002.