Jenne Schmidt

Jenne Schmidt is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University, jointly appointed in the Department of Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies & Gender Research. They serve as Ethnic Studies Minor Advisor and specialize in Critical Disability Studies, Queer Theory, and Environmental Studies. Their research interrogates intersections between ecological sustainability, bodily difference, and marginalized futurities.

Education includes a Bachelor's in Ethnic Studies, Master's in Women and Gender Studies, and PhD in Cultural Studies and Social Thought in Education. Courses taught include Disability, Race, Gender in the Environment and Introduction to Critical Disability Studies.

Research focuses on challenging environmentalist frameworks that pathologize disability/queerness. Publications analyze topics like crip ecologies, wild pedagogies, and eco-futurity. Current work explores coalitional possibilities where ecological and disability justice coexist.

No scientific awards listed. Advises students in interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of disability studies and environmental humanities.