Biography

Jaggar DeMarco is a doctoral student in the media and communication program. Previously, he received his BA and MA degrees from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs in Political Communication and Media & Strategic Communication. He works as both an interdisciplinary scholar and media maker. As a scholar, his research explores the intersections of disability arts, culture, and politics. His work examines media created by and for disabled people and explores how this media differs from media that is typically meant to “represent” or “speak for'' the community. As a media maker, he is dedicated to excavating disabled and crip lives to illuminate their poetic and creative potential in the face of oppressive systems. His life as a self-identifying disabled individual and disability justice activist is never far removed from any of his work, and in fact is central to his planned future research and creative endeavors. All of his work is grounded in an intersectional framework that draws upon the cross-section of race, gender, sexuality, and class, which define the learned knowledge of disabled individuals.