Biographical Information
Carol J. Gill, Ph.D. is a clinical and research psychologist specializing in health and disability. Her professional positions have included Director of Rehabilitation Psychology at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Acting Director of the Program on Disability and Society at the University of Southern California, and Commissioner on mental health for the Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities. She is currently President of the Chicago Institute of Disability Research, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestem University Medical School, and Research Chair of the Health Resource Center for Women with Disabiiities at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Her articles on disability issues have been widely published in professional journals and books as well as the disability press. Identifying proudly as a woman with a disability' she uses a motorized wheelchair for mobility and a nighttime ventilator.