Search Results: disability studies

Disability Studies at Syracuse University builds on the pioneering work in the School of Education in the area of disability. Our programs are designed to help students examine disability as a social phenomenon, social construct, metaphor, identity, and culture. Consistent with the Syracuse tradition, we stand at the forefront of the development of the theoretical, research,...Read More

The minor in Disability Studies is designed to help students understand disability from social, cultural, and political perspectives. This interdisciplinary program in the Department of Cultural Foundations of Education explores disability as a social and cultural phenomenon across of law, policy, identity, education, geography, history, sociology, anthropology, intersectionality, representation, and technology. “I am minoring in...Read More

The Syracuse University Humanities Center will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the 2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. The overarching focus of her residency is “Bodies...Read More

DisCrit: Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education. David J. Connor, Beth Ferri, and Subini Annamma, Editors. 2016, Teachers College Press.Read More

Beth Ferri. (2015). Inclusion as an unfinished project: Why we need disability studies in education. Italian Journal of Disability Studies.Read More

Steven J. Taylor, Ph.D. died at his home in South Onondaga on November 8, 2014. Steve is survived by his wife Betsy Edinger, son Jeff, and daughter Lea. He also leaves behind two sisters, Nancy Black and Kathy Miller, a brother, Ron, and sister-in-law, Janet, and the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of his sisters and...Read More