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Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson

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Lecturer

Office: Ross Building, S831
Phone: Ross Building, S831 Ext: 66322
Email: mfgibson@yorku.ca


Meg Gibson is a visiting scholar and lecturer (True Visitor) in the School of Social Work at York, teaching courses on critical social work theory, practice, and research.

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Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson completed her BA at Harvard University in History and Science, and her MSW and PhD at the University of Toronto in Social Work, with collaborative degrees in Women and Gender Studies. She has practiced in a variety of social work settings, including harm reduction programs, HIV programs, and mental health services. Most recently her research has focused on disability service systems and related discourses, starting from the everyday experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) parents. Her interests include disability studies, LGBTQ communities, the uptake of neuroscience in human services, research methods, parenting, and the history and philosophy of social work. Meg’s work has been published in journals including Disability & Society; The British Journal of Social Work; Culture, Health, & Sexuality; Disability Studies Quarterly; The Journal of Homosexuality; and Signs: A Journal of Women and Culture. She has edited a book collection entitled Queering Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives (Demeter Press, 2014).

Degrees

BA, Harvard University
MSW, University of Toronto
PhD, University of Toronto
Books

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (Ed.) . (2014) . Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Upsetting expertise: disability, mothering, and queer resistance. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 203-218. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Introduction: Queering motherhood in narrative, theory, and the everyday. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 1-23. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Kinsman, G. and Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Towards a collective and materialist approach to queer parenthood: a conversation with Gary Kinsman. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 245-263. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Gibson, M.F. (2014) . Queer mothering and the question of normalcy. In A. O'Reilly (Ed.), Mothers, mothering and motherhood across cultural differences: A reader, 347-366. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Mishna, F., Underwood, M., Milne, C., & Gibson, M. (2012) . Ethical issues related to cyber bullying research. In S. Bauman (Ed.), Principles of cyber bullying research: expert perspectives. New York: Routledge.

2012

Gibson, M. F. (1997) . Clitoral corruption: Body metaphors and American doctors’ constructions of female homosexuality, 1870-1900. In V. Rosario (Ed.), Science and homosexualities, 108-132. New York: Routledge.

1997

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (2017) . Predator, pet lesbian, or just the nanny? LGBTQ parents of children with disabilities describe categorization. Journal of Homosexuality, Aug 11, 1-24. [Epub ahead of print] . doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1364565.

2017

Gibson, M. F. (2016) . ‘This is real now because it’s a piece of paper’: Texts, disability and LGBTQ parents. Disability & Society. Online first. DOI 10.1080/09687599.2016.1197822.

2016

Flanders, C. E., Gibson, M.F., Goldberg, A. E., & Ross, L. E. (2016) . Postpartum depression among visible and invisible sexual minority women: a pilot study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 19(2), 299-305. DOI 10.1007/s00737-015-0566-4.

2016

Gibson, M. F. (2015) . Intersecting deviance: social work, difference, and the legacy of eugenics. British Journal of Social Work, 45, 313-330. DOI 10.1093/bjsw/bct131.

2015

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Adopting difference: thinking through adoption by gay men in Ontario, Canada. Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 39(2), 407-432.

2014

Logie, C. & Gibson, M. F. (2013) . A mark that is no mark? Queer women and violence in HIV discourse. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 15(1), 29-43.

2013

Gibson, M. F. (2012) . Opening up: therapist self-disclosure in theory, research, and practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(3), 287-296.

2012

Gibson, M. F. (2012) . Stressing reproduction: reading into parents of disabled children. Disability Studies Quarterly, 32(1).

2012

Gibson, M. F. (2010) . Building research, building justice: epistemology, social work, and lesbian parents. Canadian Social Work Review, 27(2), 239-258.

2010

Gibson, M. F. (1998) . The masculine degenerate: American doctors’ portrayals of the lesbian intellect, 1880-1949. Journal of Women’s History, v. 9 (4), 78-103.

1998


Meg Gibson is a visiting scholar and lecturer (True Visitor) in the School of Social Work at York, teaching courses on critical social work theory, practice, and research.

Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson completed her BA at Harvard University in History and Science, and her MSW and PhD at the University of Toronto in Social Work, with collaborative degrees in Women and Gender Studies. She has practiced in a variety of social work settings, including harm reduction programs, HIV programs, and mental health services. Most recently her research has focused on disability service systems and related discourses, starting from the everyday experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) parents. Her interests include disability studies, LGBTQ communities, the uptake of neuroscience in human services, research methods, parenting, and the history and philosophy of social work. Meg’s work has been published in journals including Disability & Society; The British Journal of Social Work; Culture, Health, & Sexuality; Disability Studies Quarterly; The Journal of Homosexuality; and Signs: A Journal of Women and Culture. She has edited a book collection entitled Queering Motherhood: Narrative and Theoretical Perspectives (Demeter Press, 2014).

Degrees

BA, Harvard University
MSW, University of Toronto
PhD, University of Toronto

All Publications


Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Upsetting expertise: disability, mothering, and queer resistance. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 203-218. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Introduction: Queering motherhood in narrative, theory, and the everyday. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 1-23. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Kinsman, G. and Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Towards a collective and materialist approach to queer parenthood: a conversation with Gary Kinsman. In M. F. Gibson (Ed.), Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives, 245-263. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Gibson, M.F. (2014) . Queer mothering and the question of normalcy. In A. O'Reilly (Ed.), Mothers, mothering and motherhood across cultural differences: A reader, 347-366. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Mishna, F., Underwood, M., Milne, C., & Gibson, M. (2012) . Ethical issues related to cyber bullying research. In S. Bauman (Ed.), Principles of cyber bullying research: expert perspectives. New York: Routledge.

2012

Gibson, M. F. (1997) . Clitoral corruption: Body metaphors and American doctors’ constructions of female homosexuality, 1870-1900. In V. Rosario (Ed.), Science and homosexualities, 108-132. New York: Routledge.

1997

Books

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (Ed.) . (2014) . Queering motherhood: narrative and theoretical perspectives. Toronto: Demeter Press.

2014

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Gibson, M. F. (2017) . Predator, pet lesbian, or just the nanny? LGBTQ parents of children with disabilities describe categorization. Journal of Homosexuality, Aug 11, 1-24. [Epub ahead of print] . doi: 10.1080/00918369.2017.1364565.

2017

Gibson, M. F. (2016) . ‘This is real now because it’s a piece of paper’: Texts, disability and LGBTQ parents. Disability & Society. Online first. DOI 10.1080/09687599.2016.1197822.

2016

Flanders, C. E., Gibson, M.F., Goldberg, A. E., & Ross, L. E. (2016) . Postpartum depression among visible and invisible sexual minority women: a pilot study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 19(2), 299-305. DOI 10.1007/s00737-015-0566-4.

2016

Gibson, M. F. (2015) . Intersecting deviance: social work, difference, and the legacy of eugenics. British Journal of Social Work, 45, 313-330. DOI 10.1093/bjsw/bct131.

2015

Gibson, M. F. (2014) . Adopting difference: thinking through adoption by gay men in Ontario, Canada. Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 39(2), 407-432.

2014

Logie, C. & Gibson, M. F. (2013) . A mark that is no mark? Queer women and violence in HIV discourse. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 15(1), 29-43.

2013

Gibson, M. F. (2012) . Opening up: therapist self-disclosure in theory, research, and practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(3), 287-296.

2012

Gibson, M. F. (2012) . Stressing reproduction: reading into parents of disabled children. Disability Studies Quarterly, 32(1).

2012

Gibson, M. F. (2010) . Building research, building justice: epistemology, social work, and lesbian parents. Canadian Social Work Review, 27(2), 239-258.

2010

Gibson, M. F. (1998) . The masculine degenerate: American doctors’ portrayals of the lesbian intellect, 1880-1949. Journal of Women’s History, v. 9 (4), 78-103.

1998