June
17
Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "The Other Disabled President" with Beth Linker, PhD
12:00pm - 1:00pm • Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom)
2025-06-17 12:00:00 2025-06-17 13:00:00 America/New_York Penn Bioethics Seminar Series (PBS): "The Other Disabled President" with Beth Linker, PhD The Other Disabled President Beth Linker, PhD Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences Department Chair of the History and Sociology of Science University of Pennsylvania Beth Linker is Chair of the Department of the History and Sociology of Science and the Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences. She is also a former physical therapist and holds an M.A. in bioethics. Her research focuses on how disability becomes defined, medicalized, and marginalized in modern U.S. history. More detail to follow. Lunch provided. Streaming available via Zoom. Hybrid: 1402 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive (and virtual via Zoom) Penn Medical EthicsThe Other Disabled President
Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences
Department Chair of the History and Sociology of Science
University of Pennsylvania
Beth Linker is Chair of the Department of the History and Sociology of Science and the Samuel H. Preston Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences. She is also a former physical therapist and holds an M.A. in bioethics. Her research focuses on how disability becomes defined, medicalized, and marginalized in modern U.S. history.
More detail to follow.
Lunch provided. Streaming available via Zoom.