Robyn Lewis Brown, Ph.D.

Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, where she also serves as Director of the Health, Society, and Populations Program. The major focus of Dr. Brown’s research and activism, for which she is internationally recognized, concerns disability-related inequalities in early life transitions and social stress exposure. She is a founding member of the American Sociological Association’s Disability and Society section and has served in elected leadership posts for the section continuously since its inception. She was also appointed in 2018 to a four-year term as Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Discipline. She has led and advised numerous advocacy groups for students with disabilities, including Active Minds, the Invisible Disabilities Alliance, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Mobility International.

Trudy and Otto

Trudy is a three-year old Dorkie (dachshund and corgi mix) and Otto is a four-year old sweetheart (breed unknown) who look forward to jumping in front of the screen, barking like jerks, and giving adorable puppy eyes to the camera during any Zoom check-ins we might have.