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Laura J. Yakas

LEO Lecturer II

Laura J. Yakas

Dr. Laura Yakas completed her PhD in anthropology and social work here at the University of Michigan in 2018. Her passion is disability justice (especially the Mad Pride and neurodiversity movements) and its connection to other forms of anti-oppression like intersectional feminism, antiracism and decolonization. She is committed to healing-centered pedagogy, and loves to facilitate transformative courses about social justice and oppression. She also enjoys writing and performing radical musical comedy – because making fun of the world is another way to transform it!

Education

Year Degree   School
2018 PhD Social Work & Anthropology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2016 MSW Interpersonal Practice/Mental Health University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2015 MA Anthropology University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2010 BA Kenyon College
  • Singh, R. C. B. Yakas, L., Wernick, L. J., Slayter, E., Kattari, S. K., & Taylor, S., J. (in press). Anti-ableist and disability justice pedagogy in social work education. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare [Special Issue].
  • Yakas, L. (2023). “Love is Merely a Madness”: Sexuality and Madness in a Cisheteropatriarchal Culture. In S. Kattari (Ed.), Exploring sexuality and Disability: A guide for academics and health and human service professionals. Routledge.
  • Yakas, L. & Lopez, N. (2023). Compulsory monogamy is disability: Connecting the disability justice and critical non-monogamy movements. In S. Kattari (Ed.), Exploring sexuality and disability: A guide for academics and health and human service professionals. Routledge.
  • Slayter, E. M., Kattari, S. K., Yakas, L., Singh, R. C. B., Goulden, A., Taylor, S., ... & Prince, D. (2023). Beyond ramps, curb cuts, and captions: A call for disability justice in social work. Social Work, 68(1), 89-92.
  • Boehnke, K. F., Yakas, L., Scott, J. R. et al. (2022). A mixed methods analysis of cannabis use routines for chronic pain management. Journal of Cannabis Research, 4(1), 7.
  • Diaz, G., Cabrera, G., Moore, C., & Yakas, L. (2019). Woke to weary. Public Culture, 31(2), 373-391.
  • Ingersoll-Dayton, B., Punpuing, S., Tangchonlatip, K., & Yakas, L. (2018). Migration and "skipped generation" households in Thailand. In M. R. T. de Guzman, J. Brown, & C. P. Edwards (Eds.), Parenting from Afar: The Reconfiguration of the Family Across Distance. Oxford University Press.
  • Yakas, L. (2017). "Work is love made visible": Purpose and community in clubhouses. Disability Studies Quarterly.

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