Kelly Fagan Robinson

Dr. Kelly Fagan Robinson is an Assistant Professor in Medical Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, affiliated with Clare Hall and the Department of Social Anthropology. Her research examines how social relations, communication practices, and institutional structures create epistemic dissonances that marginalize individuals categorized as disabled, autistic, or migrants.

• University of Cambridge
• Clare Hall
• Department of Social Anthropology
• Early Cancer Research Institute

Her work spans medical anthropology, disability studies, and policy analysis, focusing on the material ecologies of policy failures, communication inequalities in cancer research, and multimodal methodologies rooted in Deaf values. She lectures on non-normal ways of being, multimodal attention techniques, and communication differences.

• Research Projects: Elusive Risks, Communication Faultlines, Shared Risk - ACED
• Teaching: Multimodal Communication, Epistemic Justice, Deaf-Centered Methodologies

Dr. Robinson holds an NVQ 6 in British Sign Language, emphasizing practical engagement with Deaf communities. Her publications analyze Deaf epistemologies, translanguaging in performance, and institutional barriers to inclusivity.