Student Theses
Date of Award
Fall 2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Program of Study
Disability Studies
Language
English
First Advisor
Ruthie Marie Beckwith
Abstract
This Master's thesis looks at the intersection between disability and Star Trek. More specifically, it analyzes the way that disability was represented within Star Trek over the last half century and investigated how shifting disability history, advocacy movements, and general sentiment towards disability within society may have affected the way that Star Trek told disabled stories within their works. The author used three disability groups to perform this analysis - blindness, mental illness, and intellectual disability.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Heather Rose, "Disability and Star Trek: Analyzing Half a Century of Science Fiction" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/sps_etds/1