Research Discipline/Bio
Emily Bailey is a doctoral candidate studying autism, employment, and futurity in France. In particular, her dissertation project focuses on the intersection of State-led efforts to produce an idealized, normative future and the lived experiences of autistic adolescents and their educators at an employment training program. Through ethnographic fieldwork, Emily seeks to examine how autistic adolescents and their caregivers contend with the future that’s been imagined for them and, when necessary, imagine something different.
As the sibling of an autistic person, the motivations behind her research interests are deeply personal. As a researcher, Emily strives to center autistic voices in her work and affirm neurodivergent experiences of the world through an anthropological lens.
Educational Background
Master of Science, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, 2020
Bachelors of Arts, International Affairs, George Washington University, 2019
Honors/Awards
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation, 2024
Humanities and Social Social Sciences (HSS) Fellowship, Chateaubriand Fellowship Program, 2024
Provost Dissertation Research Award, Teachers College, 2024
Society of Psychological Anthropology/Lemelson Student Fellowship, Robert Lemelson Foundation Fellowship, 2023
Dean's Grant for Student Research, Teachers College, 2023
Teachers College, Doctoral Fellowship, Teachers College, 2021-2024
Last Updated: Nov 2, 2024