Ann Fox

Ann Fox is a Professor of English at Davidson College, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century dramatic literature and disability studies. Her work focuses on disability representation in drama, literature, and visual culture, emphasizing the transformative power of crip history and knowledge.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. from Indiana University, Bloomington; B.A. and B.S. from The University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Research Interests: Disability studies in theater, modern and contemporary drama, visual and cultural studies, graphic medicine, and intersections with American studies. She co-curated the exhibition Indisposable: Structures of Support After the ADA with Dr. Jessica Cooley and has organized multiple disability-focused art exhibitions at Davidson College.

Teaching: Courses include topics like graphic medicine, HIV/AIDS representation, contemporary American multicultural drama, and disability in literature and art.

Scientific Awards & Fellowships:

• Fulbright Specialist Grant to Turkey
• AAUW American Postdoctoral Fellow
• NEH Summer Institute Fellow
• National Humanities Center Jesse Ball DuPont Fellow
• Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow
• IES Faculty Development Seminar Fellow
• Charlotte Teacher's Institute (CTI) seminar leader
• Davidson College Boswell Family Faculty Fellow