Professor of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies
University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion and
Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 201
Orono, ME 04469
207/581-1469 (V)
207/581-1084 (V/TTY)
800/203-6957 (V/TTY)
207/581-1231 (Fax)
Senior Research Fellow at
Ono Academic College
in Kiryat-Ono, Israel
Project Affiliations:
Specialty Areas:
- Legitimacy theory
- Disability as diversity
- Universal access and egalitarianism
- Research and evaluation methods
Education:
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Honors & Awards:
Faculty Fellowship, Society for Peace in the Mideast, Summer,
2008
University of Maine, Presidential Research and Creative
Achievement Award, May 2007.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Association of University Centers
on Disability, November 2006.
Allan Meyers Award for Scholarship in Disability, American
Public Health Association, September 2005.
Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar, Grant awarded to Assuit
University, Assuit, Egypt, March, 2003.
Feminist Scholarship Award-Council on Social Work Education,
March 2000.
Letter of Distinction for doctoral dissertation defense, March
1988.
Research and Public Service:
- Disability as diversity
- Universal web access
- Design theory applied to identity
- Human rights
Representative Publications:
Books and Book Chapters:
DePoy, E. & Gilson S.F. (in press). Designing university techscapes:
An inter-organizational universal design collaboration to advance
equality of participation in university organizations. In J. Salmons and
L. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and
Organizational Synergy.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2008). Healing the disjuncture: Social work
disability practice. In K.M. Sowers & C.N. Dulmus (Series Editors) &
B.W.White (Vol. Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social
Welfare: Vol. 1. The Profession of Social Work. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley.
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2008). Explanatory Legitimacy: A model
for disability policy development and analysis. In I. Colby (Ed.).
Social Work Practice and Social Policy and Policy Practice (pp. X-X).
Hoboken, NJ; John Wiley & Sons.
DePoy, E. & Gilson, S.F. (2008). Evaluation practice. Boston, MA: Taylor
and Francis.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2007). The human experience: Description,
explanation, and judgment. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Gilson, S. & DePoy, E. (2006). Explanatory legitimacy: A theory of
diversity applied to disability, in G. Albrect, Encyclopedia of
Disability, Thousand Oaks, Sage.
DePoy, E. & Gitlin, L. (2005). Introduction to research: Multiple
strategies for health and human services 3rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S.F. (2004). Rethinking Disability: Principles for
Professional and Social Change. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole.
Cramer, E.P., Gilson, S.F., & DePoy, E. (2004). Women with disabilities
and experiences of abuse. in N. J. Smyth (Ed.). Women and girls in
the social environment: Behavioral perspectives. Binghamton, NY:
Haworth Press.
Cramer, E.P., Gilson, S.F., & DePoy, E. (2004). Impact of domestic
violence on women with disabilities, in F.S. Danis & L.L. Lockhart
(Eds.). The silence in social work education: Domestic violence
modules for foundation courses. Alexandria, VA: CSWE Press.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S.F. (2004). Rethinking Disability: Principles for
Professional and Social Change. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole.
Gilson, S. & DePoy, E. (2004). Rural disabled elders. In S. Butler & L.
Kaye (Eds). Gerontological social work practice in rural towns and
communities. New York, NY: Haworth Press.
DePoy, E. & Gilson, S.F. (2003). Evaluation practice. Pacific
Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole.
DePoy, E., Gilson, S.F., & Cramer, E.P. (2003). Understanding the
experiences of and advocating for the service and resource needs of
abused, disabled women. In A. Hans (Ed.). The women with disabilities
in the majority and minority worlds. India: Sage.
Gilson, S. F. (Senior Editor), DePoy, E., MacDuffie, H., & Meyershon, K.
(Contributing Editors). (2002). Integrating disability content in
social work education: A curriculum resource. Alexandria, VA:
Council on Social Work Education.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F., (2000). Disability within a multicultural
context. In C.E. Faupel & P.M. Roman (Eds.). Self Destructive
Behavior and Disvalued Identity (Vol. 4). Taylor & Francis
Publisher.
DePoy, E., & Gitlow, L. (2000). Evidence-Based practice. Physical
disabilities and Occupational therapy.
DePoy, E, & Gitlin, L. (1999). Forskning-en introduktion, translated by
Hellberg, J. Stockholm: Studentlitteratur.
DePoy, E., & Gitlin, L. (1998). Introduction to Research:
Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, (2nd ed.). Chicago:
Mosby Yearbook, 1998.
DePoy, E. & Bolduc, C. (1997) AIDS prevention in a rural New England
Indian population. Chapter in L. Brown (Ed.). Two Spirited People:
American Indian Lesbian Women and Gay Men. New York, NY: Harrington.
DePoy, E. & Gitlow, L. (1997). Critical review of the research on
cognitive rehabilitation. In N. Katx, (Ed). Cognition and Occupation
in Rehabilitation. , MD: AOTA.
DePoy, E. & Gitlin, L. (1994). Introduction to Research: Multiple
Strategies for Health and Human Services. Chicago: Mosby Yearbook.
DePoy, E. & Bolduc, C. (1992). AIDS Prevention. Chapter in Morales, J. &
Bok, M. (Eds.) Multicultural Human Services for AIDS Treatment and
Prevention: Policy Perspectives and Planning. New York: Haworth.
DePoy, E. (1991). Program Evaluation. In R. Levine & J. Rothman, (Eds.),
Injury Prevention. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1992.
DePoy, E. (1992). Cognition and The Model of Human Occupation. In N.
Katz, (Ed.), Cognitive Approaches in Rehabilitation. Andover,
1992.
DePoy, E. & Kolodner, E. (1989). Psychological Performance Factors. In
C. Christiansen & C. Baum (Eds.) Occupational Therapy: Overcoming
Life Performance Deficits. Thorofare, N.J.: Slack.
Guest Edited Journals:
DePoy, E. (1994). Ethics in Geriatric Intervention. Topics in
Geriatric Rehabilitation.
Invited and Peer Reviewed Articles:
DePoy, E. & Gilson, S.F. (in press) Social work practice with
disability: Moving from the perpetuation of a client category to human
rights and social justice. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics.
Gilson, S.F. & DePoy, E., (2007/2007). Da Vinci’s ill-fated design
legacy: Homogenization and standardization. International Journal of the
Humanities, 4, http://www.Humanities-Journal.com
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2007). The Bell-Shaped Curve: Alive, well and
living in diversity rhetoric. The International Journal of Diversity in
Organizations, Communities and Nations.
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (in press). Geographic analysis for the
social sciences. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social
Sciences, 1.
DePoy, E. & Gilson S. (2006). Universal web access: An intelligent web
interface. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society,
1, 128-131.
DePoy, E., & Gilson, S.F. (2005/2006). Moving beyond nomothetic
category: Diversity as symmetry. International Journal of the
Humanities, 4, http://www.Humanities-Journal.com
Gilson, S.F. & DePoy, E., (2005/2006). Reinventing atypical bodies in
art, literature and technology. International Journal of Technology,
Knowledge and Society, 3, 7, http://www.Technology-Journal.com.
DePoy, E. & Gilson, S.F. (2005/2006). Universal access technology:
Advancing the civil right to information literacy. International Journal
of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 1, http://www.Technology-Journal.com.
DePoy, E. (2005). Assistive technology: A blessing or a curse.
Psychosocial Process.
DePoy, E. & MacDuffie, H. (2004). Force Field Analysis: A model for
promoting adolescent involvement in their own health care. Journal of
Health Promotion Practice, 5, 3, 306-313.
DePoy, E. (2004). Universal health literacy: An idea whose time should
have come? Psychosocial Process, 17, 49-50.
Gilson, S. F., & DePoy, E. (2004). A model of self-determination,
choice, advocacy, and self-advocacy. Journal of Social Work in
Disability and Rehabilitation, 3, 4, 3-17.
Cramer, E.P., Gilson, S.F., & DePoy, E. (2004). Women with disabilities
and experiences of abuse. Special issue on women. Journal of Human
Behavior in the Social Environment, 7, 183-201.
Gilson, S. & DePoy, E. (2004). Disability, Identity, and Cultural
Diversity. Review of Disability Studies, 1(1), 16-23.
Professional Associations:
- L'ecole Libre des Haute Etudes
- American Public Health Association
- Human Development and Capability
Association
- Society for Disability Studies
