Alise de Bie

Alise de Bie is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at McMaster University, specializing in equity, justice, and accessibility in higher education through critical pedagogical partnerships and centering marginalized voices including disabled, racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ, and mental health service users.

Her research focuses on:

• Equity and Justice in Higher Education
• Disability Studies
• Mad Studies
• Social Work Education
• Pedagogical Partnerships
• Mental Health Ethics
• Bioethics

She investigates co-produced knowledge systems that challenge ableist structures in academia and social work practice, emphasizing epistemic justice and transformative educational approaches.

Her recent publications reveal a cohesive trajectory advancing disability justice through student-faculty partnerships, ethical considerations in psychiatric education, and Mad politics. Key themes include dismantling accessibility barriers in online/field education, centering service user knowledges, and confronting intersectional inequities in classroom and clinical settings.