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Ellen Anderson Brantlinger

Professor of Education, School of Education
IU Bloomington

Professor of Education

Interests:

Secondary Education

Education:

• 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.

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