Heather Switzer

Heather Switzer is Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, with affiliations in the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and Humanities Lab. Her interdisciplinary research combines critical girlhood studies, feminist disability studies, and transnational feminist theory. She holds a PhD in Public and International Affairs from Virginia Tech with certificates in Women's Studies and Non-Profit Management. Her ethnographic work examines gender, development, and identity in Maasai communities of Kenya and disability experiences on US campuses. Research interests include:

• Critical girlhood and youth studies
• Transnational feminist methodologies
• Feminist disability theory
• Global development and social change