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'''Tobin Siebers''' (1953–2015) was a professor of literature, art, and design at the [[University of Michigan]], and a key figure in the development of [[disability studies]]. Siebers received a [[Polio|poliomyelitis]] diagnosis at two years old and lived with [[post-polio syndrome]] for the rest of his life, an experience he described in his essay "My Withered Limb."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siebers |first=Tobin |date=Winter, 2021 |title=My Withered Limb |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2021/02/my-withered-limb/ |url-status=live |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Michigan Quarterly Review}} </ref> His important books include ''Disability Theory'' (2008) and ''Disability Aesthetics'' ({{ISBN|9781501728112}}, 2010). Performance artist and disability activist [[Petra Kuppers]] referred to these works as "field defining."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuppers |first=Petra |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Remembering Tobin Siebers, English professor, disability studies advocate {{!}} The University Record |url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/tobin-siebers-english-professor-and-disability-studies-advocate-dies/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=record.umich.edu}}</ref> In 2015, the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature, the U-M Press, and U-M Library established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watkinson |first=Charles |date=January 30, 2016 |title=War on Autism awarded inaugural Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies {{!}} University of Michigan Press |url=https://press.umich.edu/Blog/2016/01/War-on-Autism-awarded-inaugural-Tobin-Siebers-Prize-for-Disability-Studies |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=press.umich.edu}}</ref>
'''Tobin Siebers''' (1953–2015) was a professor of literature, art, and design at the [[University of Michigan]], and a key figure in the development of [[disability studies]]. Siebers received a [[Polio|poliomyelitis]] diagnosis at two years old and lived with [[post-polio syndrome]] for the rest of his life, an experience he described in his essay "My Withered Limb."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siebers |first=Tobin |date=Winter 2021 |title=My Withered Limb |url=https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2021/02/my-withered-limb/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=Michigan Quarterly Review}} </ref> His important books include ''Disability Theory'' (2008) and ''Disability Aesthetics'' ({{ISBN|9781501728112}}, 2010). Performance artist and disability activist [[Petra Kuppers]] referred to these works as "field defining."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuppers |first=Petra |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Remembering Tobin Siebers, English professor, disability studies advocate {{!}} The University Record |url=https://record.umich.edu/articles/tobin-siebers-english-professor-and-disability-studies-advocate-dies/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=record.umich.edu}}</ref> In 2015, the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature, the U-M Press, and U-M Library established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watkinson |first=Charles |date=January 30, 2016 |title=War on Autism awarded inaugural Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies {{!}} University of Michigan Press |url=https://press.umich.edu/Blog/2016/01/War-on-Autism-awarded-inaugural-Tobin-Siebers-Prize-for-Disability-Studies |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=press.umich.edu}}</ref>
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Revision as of 14:57, 22 May 2024

Tobin Siebers (1953–2015) was a professor of literature, art, and design at the University of Michigan, and a key figure in the development of disability studies. Siebers received a poliomyelitis diagnosis at two years old and lived with post-polio syndrome for the rest of his life, an experience he described in his essay "My Withered Limb."[1] His important books include Disability Theory (2008) and Disability Aesthetics (ISBN 9781501728112, 2010). Performance artist and disability activist Petra Kuppers referred to these works as "field defining."[2] In 2015, the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature, the U-M Press, and U-M Library established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies.[3]


  1. ^ Siebers, Tobin (Winter 2021). "My Withered Limb". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
  2. ^ Kuppers, Petra (January 30, 2015). "Remembering Tobin Siebers, English professor, disability studies advocate | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  3. ^ Watkinson, Charles (January 30, 2016). "War on Autism awarded inaugural Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies | University of Michigan Press". press.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-15.