doi:10.7916/jwna-jt29Oral history interview with Rachel E. Adams, 2015Adams, Rachel, 1968-oral historiesmixed materialCollege teachersFeminism and higher education--United StatesFeminist theoryDisability studiesMotherhoodAdams, Rachel, 1968-Columbia University. Institute for Research on Women and GenderRachel Adams begins this interview with a recollection of her arrival at Columbia in 1997. She describes the interviewing and vetting process, the completion of her dissertation, and her experience settling into New York City. Adams characterizes IRWGS at that time as a center of leaders. She discusses the feminist pedagogy course she co-taught with Julie Crawford. Adams reflects on the students of IRWGS, the institute's hierarchy, and Columbia's institutional environment. She gives examples of academic support within IRWGS, including her first presentation in the Feminist Interventions Series and the formation of a faculty writing group which included Kristina Milnor, Sandhya Shukla, and Julie Crawford. Adams chronicles her interest in masculinity studies, her co-authorship of the Masculine Studies Reader with David Safran, and the limitations of the field. Adams concludes the interview with a discussion of her tenure process. She elaborates on the financial and temporal challenges facing faculty with children. Adam cites her position as a disabilities scholar and advocate as a product of her scholarship regarding freak shows and the historicization of disability as well as her role as the mother of a disabled child. Her book Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery, chronicles her experiences as a parent of a child with Down Syndrome. Adams concludes this interview with her hopes for the future, including wider support for service learning and increased accessibility