Department
Sociology

Programs
Sociology, Criminology

Office Location
Hall Memorial Building (HMB)  S 134B

Office Hours
Mon/Wed 4:30-5:30 p.m., Tues/Thur 3:00-4:00 p.m. Other times by appointment

Email Address
sharon.barnartt@gallaudet.edu

Sharon Barnartt is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Sociology at Gallaudet University, where she has taught since 1980.

She has co-authored two books:

• Deaf President Now: The 1988 Revolution at Gallaudet University (1995)
• Disability Protests: Contentious Politics 1970-1999 (2000)

She has also co-edited:

• International Views on Disability Measures: Moving toward Comparative Measurement (Research in Social Science and Disability)
• Using Survey Data to Study Disability: Results from the National Health Interview Survey on Disability
• Exploring Theories and Expanding Methodologies: Where We Are and Where We Need To Go
• Expanding the Scope of Social Science Research on Disability
• Disability Studies Quarterly, Special Issue on Deafness, volume 18(2), 1998
• Journal of Disability Policy Studies: Special Issue on Women and Disability, volume 8, 1997.

She is currently:

• Co-editing Research in Social Science and Disability
• Serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Disability Policy Studies and other disability-related journals.
  

Dr. Barnartt has presented papers and published widely in the areas of gender differences in socio-economic status, disability policy issues, social movements in the deaf and disability communities, and disability in developing countries. From 1989-1990 she had a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship at the University of Zimbabwe. At Gallaudet, she was named a Distinguished Faculty Member in 1998 and received the Schaefer Professorship for Outstanding Research, 2005-2006.

She has been a board member and president of the Society for Disability Studies as well as member and Chair of the American Sociological Association's Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities.