Meet the Mellon Fellows: Dr. Shelby Landmark

Dr. Shelby Landmark

Texas A&M University
PhD, Communications

Host Site: Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Fellowship Title: Disability Representation at Historic Sites Fellowship
Project Description: Dr. Landmark will research the history and revise the presentation of disability at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. Interpretation of disability material culture and accessibility at historic sites will be a focus of the fellowship.

Bio:

Dr. Shelby E. Landmark is a critical/cultural qualitative researcher, project lead, educator, and facilitator with expertise in disability, gender/sexuality, and media representation. She holds a PhD in Communication from the Department of Communication and Journalism at Texas A&M University with an emphasis in Media, Culture, and Identity. Her dissertation consisted of triangulated analysis of the relationship(s) between autism, gender/sexuality, and the reality television program Love on the Spectrum. She received a B.S. from Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication where she specialized in Media Studies. She has published and/or presented work related to disability identities, entertainment media, social media, media literacy, gender/sexuality, and race with multinational publishers, in interdisciplinary academic journals, and in national and regional communication and disability conferences. She previously worked as a Research Assistant for Texas A&M University’s Center on Disability and Development, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD). In her free time, she enjoys hiking, traveling, reading, and spending time with her Boston Terriers. She was born and raised in Bryan/College Station, TX.

Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

This project was made possible through the National Park Service by a grant from the National Park Foundation through generous support from the Mellon Foundation. The Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship program is administered through a partnership between NPS, NPF, and American Conservation Experience.