Sam Nash

I am Sam Nash (she/her), a disabled researcher and educator based in New York. I came to this work as a student who struggled to fit in the boxes. I later spent years in special education classrooms. While teaching, I became increasingly interested in the historical and spatial dimensions of accessibility in schools. Now, I consult on public space and curricular projects related to accessibility and disability justice, with particular attention to nonvisible disabilities, neurodivergence, and intersectional identities.

Across projects with schools, universities, architecture firms, and public agencies, I use interdisciplinary research to lead discussions about access. I also maintain independent research projects. My research has been funded by Barnard College, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Michigan, among others, and I have presented at conferences across the US and UK. I hold a B.A. with honors from Brown University and a graduate degree from Columbia University, where I studied disability narratives across K–12 and medical school contexts.

If any of this connects to your work, or if you would just like to say hello, I would love to hear from you. I am eager to connect with and learn from others.

Familiar with and often operating on crip time -- glad to hear from disabled and marginalized people