Rabia Belt, Stanford, California
Dr. Rabia Belt was appointed by the President to the National Council on Disability in 2016. Dr. Belt is an Assistant Professor at Stanford Law School. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Disability Rights Bar Association. She is a legal historian specializing in mental disability and citizenship and is at work on a book manuscript titled Disabling Democracy in America: Disability, Citizenship, Suffrage, and the Law, 1819-1920. She lectures frequently on the rights of people with disabilities, especially people with mental disabilities. She received an A.B. from Harvard College, a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
