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DR RUSSELL SHUTTLEWORTH holds a BA and MA in Anthropology from California State University, Sacramento, a Master’s Degree in Social Work from San Francisco State University and a P.H.D in Medical Anthropology from UC Berkeley. He has worked as a personal assistant for disabled people, and a communication facilitator and voice interpreter for several disabled people and elderly persons. For his dissertation, he conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the East San Francisco Bay Area with men suffering from cerebral palsy on their search for sexual intimacy. His research has centered on disability and sexuality, culture and geropsychiatric issues, and communication access for disabled persons. He is a recipient of the Ed Robert's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Disability Studies.