Dr. Katie Aubrecht is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Canada Research Chair Health Equity and Social Justice at St. Francis Xavier (St.F.X.) University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Her research program analyzes marginality and mental health, rurality and resilience across the life span as health equity and social justice issues. This work draws on social theory, intersectional disability studies, aging studies and interpretive, decolonizing and arts-informed qualitative research methods to analyze disability and care education, policy and practice. As Director of the Spatializing Care: Intersectional Disability Studies Research Lab at St.F.X. Aubrecht leads a participatory arts-informed health research infrastructure that supports and enhances meaningful and ethical community engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration to bridge medical, social and cultural approaches to care. 

Courses Taught:

• Selected Topics: Social Policy (SOCI 297)
• Contemporary Social Theory (SOCI 302)
• Conceptions of Disability (SOCI 313)
• Disability and Culture (SOCI 314)
• Race and Identities (SOCI/WMGS 217)
• Selected Topics: Mental Health and Society 

Education:

PhD Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto

MA York University

BA Honours St. Francis Xavier University