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Ruth Ann O'Brien is an American author and editor best known for her writing in the field of disability studies. She is a professor at the City University of New York.

Education and career

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O'Brien was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in California.[citation needed] In 1977 she become a page in the U.S. House of Representatives after being nominated by Representative William M. Ketchum.[1] She earned a B.A. from Claremont Men's College (now Claremont McKenna College) as part of the first group of women to enroll, [citation needed] and a Ph.D. in political science from University of California, Los Angeles (1991).[2] Following her Ph.D., O'Brien taught at the University of Denver before moving to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York in 1993.[3] In 2003, she became the executive officer of the Ph.D./M.A. program in political science at the CUNY Graduate Center.[4] As of 2022, O'Brien is a professor at the City University of New York.[5]

O'Brien is known for her writings and discussions on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990[6] and its implications for the workplace. Her book Crippled Justice was the first written history of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and was reviewed by Leonard Kriegel[7] and others.[8][9][10][11] In Bodies in Revolt she examined disability in the workplace, and this book was reviewed in Law & Society Review in 2008.[12] She has also published on Barack Obama's presidency.[13][14]

Selected publications

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  • O'Brien, Ruth (1998). Workers' Paradox : The Republican origins of New Deal labor policy, 1886-1935. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-6695-4. OCLC 45843939.
  • O'Brien, Ruth (2001). Crippled Justice : the history of modern disability policy in the workplace. Chicago. ISBN 9780226616605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • O'Brien, Ruth (2003). "From a Doctor's to a Judge's Gaze: Epistemic Communities and the History of Disability Rights Policy in the Workplace". Polity. 35 (3): 325–346. doi:10.1086/POLv35n3ms3235522. ISSN 0032-3497. JSTOR 3235522. S2CID 158038229.
  • O'Brien, Ruth (2005). Bodies in revolt : gender, disability, and a workplace ethic of care. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-39324-3. OCLC 846494690.
  • O'Brien, Ruth (2013). Out of many, one : Obama and the third American political tradition. Foreword by Thomas Byrne Edsall. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-04159-9. OCLC 809911073.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • O'Brien, Ruth (2005-01-01). "Other Voices at the Workplace: Gender, Disability, and an Alternative Ethic of Care". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 30 (2): 1529–1555. doi:10.1086/423350. ISSN 0097-9740. S2CID 145655270.

References

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  1. ^ "O'Brien serves as page". The Bakersfield Californian. 1977-08-07. p. 31. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  2. ^ O'Brien, Ruth (1991). State-building and political parties: the creation of American industrial relations policy in the 1920s (Thesis). OCLC 28615741.
  3. ^ "Ruth O'Brien | Graduate Center of the City University of New York - Academia.edu". gc-cuny.academia.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ "People in Political Science". PS: Political Science and Politics. 36 (4): 809–817. 2003. doi:10.1017/S1049096503003214. ISSN 1049-0965. JSTOR 3649288. S2CID 233343364.
  5. ^ "O'Brien, Ruth". www.gc.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. ^ "Legal Affairs Debate Club - Is the ADA Expanding?". www.legalaffairs.org. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  7. ^ Kriegel, Leonard (2002-08-01). "Handicapping the Crippled". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  8. ^ Lang, Harry G. (2002). "Review of Crippled Justice:The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace, Ruth O'Brien". Isis. 93 (2): 356–357. doi:10.1086/345053. ISSN 0021-1753. JSTOR 10.1086/345053.
  9. ^ Cottrol, Robert J. (2002). "Review of Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace". The Journal of Economic History. 62 (3): 902–904. ISSN 0022-0507. JSTOR 3132592.
  10. ^ Burke, Thomas F. (2003). "Review of Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace". Perspectives on Politics. 1 (1): 192–193. ISSN 1537-5927. JSTOR 3687858.
  11. ^ Noll, Steven (2001). "Review of Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace". The American Journal of Legal History. 45 (4): 520–522. doi:10.2307/3185317. ISSN 0002-9319. JSTOR 3185317.
  12. ^ Santore, Daniel (June 2008). "Bodies in Revolt: Gender, Disability, and a Workplace Ethic of Care". Law & Society Review. 42 (2): 445–447. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00347_6.x.
  13. ^ O'Brien, Ruth (2013). Out of many, one : Obama and the third American political tradition. Foreword by Thomas Byrne Edsall. Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-04159-9. OCLC 809911073.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ "Out of Many, One". Muscat Daily. 13 May 2013.
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