Anna Stubblefield

Anna Stubblefield (Marjorie Anna Stubblefield) is an American former professor of philosophy at Rutgers University–Newark and practitioner of facilitated communication.[1] She was found guilty of sexual assault against a man with severe mental disabilities whom she supposedly enabled to communicate verbally using the discredited practice of facilitated communication.[2] She was sentenced to 12 years in prison.[3] In October 2016, the family was awarded $4 million in a civil lawsuit against Stubblefield.[4] Her use of facilitated communication with the victim resulted in an academic article that was published in Disability Studies Quarterly.[5] The article has since been retracted.[6] The 2023 documentary film Tell Them You Love Me by Louis Theroux covers the story.[7] A detailed description of the case is written at Facilitated communication#Anna Stubblefield.

Stubblefield grew up in Plymouth, Michigan with her mother Sandra McClennen and father.[2] She was married to Roger Stubblefield.[2]

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References
  1. Mintz, Kevin (2017-11-26). "Ableism, ambiguity, and the Anna Stubblefield case". Disability & Society. 32 (10): 1666–1670. doi:10.1080/09687599.2017.1356058. ISSN 0968-7599.
  2. Engber, Daniel (2015-10-20). "The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  3. Sherry, Mark (2016-08-08). "Facilitated communication, Anna Stubblefield and disability studies". Disability & Society. 31 (7): 974–982. doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1218152. ISSN 0968-7599.
  4. NJ.com, Thomas Moriarty | NJ Advance Media for (2018-03-19). "Ex-Rutgers prof admits it was a crime to have sex with disabled man". nj. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  5. Dougherty, M. V. (2018). Correcting the Scholarly Record for Research Integrity. Cham: Springer. pp. 197–219. ISBN 978-3-319-99434-5.
  6. Johnson, DMan, c/o Anna Stubblefield (2011). "RETRACTED: The Role of Communication in Thought". Disability Studies Quarterly. 31 (4).
  7. Latif, Leila (2024-02-03). "Tell Them You Love Me review – this chilling documentary is vital, challenging TV". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
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