Interview with Alison Carpenter Davis : Disability at Stanford Oral History Project

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Alison Carpenter Davis (BA Communications, 1979) discusses being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, the reactions and support of family and friends, and meaningful moments in her journey of living with Crohn’s. She speaks about Crohn’s symptoms; treatments she has undergone, including medication, total parenteral nutrition, and surgeries; and the impact that coming to understand Crohn’s as a disability has had on her. Davis also reflects on how her writing is a form of advocacy, what her perfect world would be like in regard to disability, and planning the Disability at Stanford Oral History Project.

Type of resource	moving image, sound recording-nonmusical, text
Extent	2 video files; 2 audio files; 1 text file
Place	Stanford (Calif.)
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society
Date created	December 8, 2020 - 2020-12-09
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital

Interviewee	Davis, Alison Carpenter
Creator	Davis, Alison Carpenter
Interviewer	Battle, Anne
Publisher	Stanford Historical Society

Biographical Profile	Alison “Al” Carpenter Davis grew up in Los Angeles. She is a writer, editor, and disability advocate. She received her BA in Communications with studies in psychology from Stanford in 1979. Her essays have appeared in Stanford Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times International Edition, among others, and her book Letters Home from Stanford came out in 2017. Formerly an editor at Outside magazine, she is currently at work on a memoir about her fifty-year journey with Crohn’s disease, which as a Stanford student she did not realize was a disability. She is the cofounder of the Disability at Stanford Oral History Project.
Transcript	Title Transcript
Finding Aid	Title Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program Interviews
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/zc037yj5945
Location	SC0932
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Use and reproduction: The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).

Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022

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