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Rachel Fish is an Associate Professor of Education & Child Study at Smith College. Previously, she served as associate professor at NYU and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Notre Dame's Center for Research on Educational Opportunity. Her work uses mixed methods to analyze educational inequality at intersections of disability, race, and gender.
- Ph.D. in Sociology - University of Wisconsin-Madison
- M.A.T. in Special Education - Western New Mexico University
- A.B. in Sociology - Bryn Mawr College
Her research examines:
• Experimental analysis of disability/giftedness construction
• Intersectional stratification in education
• Teacher-family-administrator power dynamics
Article trends reveal consistent focus on:
- Racial disproportionality in special education
- Medicalization of learning challenges
- Institutional drivers of educational inequality
Scientific awards include funding from:
- Spencer Foundation
- National Academy of Education
- William T Grant Foundation
- IES
- NSF
At Smith, she teaches courses integrating:
• Critical disability studies
• Educational stratification
• Methods for inclusive schools
