Melinda C. Hall, PhD

  I’m really looking forward to working on my summer project (funded by a Stetson grant), in which I will seek answers to the following questions: Why are disabled bodies so useful to the movements and patterns of horror film and fiction? Further, is it possible that there are alternatives embedded in horror for seeing…

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Looking forward to the second annual Kristeva Circle meeting next month in Nashville (March 28th-30th). The program looks fantastic; it can be found here. I’ll be presenting research, still in its early stages, on theoretical resources for the medical humanities in Kristeva’s work.

It’s the first day of classes, and I am enjoying meeting my students. I’m looking ahead to an excellent semester, including teaching an upper-division Bioethics course with the theme Medicine, Technology, and Disability with a great group of kids. Best wishes to all for a happy and productive semester!

I’m really looking forward to guest-teaching Kelly Oliver’s class! We’ll be talking about horror films and disability.

My article on transhumanism and Michel Foucault has just appeared in the newest issue of Disability Studies Quarterly. Check it out! And here’s the abstract: In this paper, I critically assess transhumanist philosophy and its influence in bioethics by turning to resources in the work of Michel Foucault. I begin by outlining transhumanism and drawing…