Kevin Gotkin has been dialed into disability worlds since 2012 as an access ecologist, teacher, writer, artist, and scholar. Before joining the Center for Disability Studies as a Postdoctoral Fellow in September 2025, they led disability economic justice initiatives as Artist-Organizer with Creatives Rebuild New York. From 2016 – 2019, they helped cultivate a broad platform for disability artistry across the public, cultural, and philanthropic sectors in New York City as Co-Founder of Disability/Arts/NYC with Simi Linton. Kevin received their Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2018 and was a Visiting Assistant Professor in NYU’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication from 2018 to 2021. Their performance and curatorial work includes collaborations with Lincoln Center (2021 – 2024), the Critical Design Lab (2022 United States Artist Award), and the REMOTE ACCESS party collective. They write the weekly newsletter Crip News.
