Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Ellen Anderson Brantlinger
Professor of Education, School of Education
IU Bloomington
Professor of Education
Interests:
Secondary EducationEducation:
- B.S. at Antioch College, 1963
- Ed.D. at Indiana University, 1977
Background:
- Expert on how parents, educators and caregivers view the sexuality of the mentally handicapped and on the sterilization of people with mental disabilities.
- Author of "Fighting for Darla" (1994), a book on the case of a severely retarded 15-year-old girl who was sterilized after giving birth.
- Author of "The Politics of Social Class in Secondary School," which explores the effects of class differences on students' education.
