Samantha Chipman

A disability advocate and Chinese adoptee, Samantha focuses on cognitive approaches to literature, autism and neurodiversity, disability studies, and the health humanities. She has a passion for mobilizing the interconnections between literature, bioethics, and archival research to advance disability justice and health equity in educational and healthcare environments. An English PhD student and Bioethics certificate candidate at Emory University, she has written and presented about various topics including epistemic injustices experienced by women and girls with autism, decolonizing autism, the AI ethics of autism diagnosis, restorative justice in healthcare settings, and narrative ethics. Samantha is also co-founder of Intersecting Minds: A NeuroHumanities & Consciousness Collective, a collaborative, welcoming, and inclusive space for individuals interested in the neurohumanities and consciousness studies.