Where do we find Disability Studies Programs in North America?

This page provides a continuously updated list of Disability Studies Programs in North America.  We would eventually hope to include all programs that deal in some way with the cultural and political determinants of the disability experience.  Please contact Mike Dorn if you can suggest additions or corrections: mdorn@temple.edu

For the sake of clarity (characterization and navigation), these programs have been grouped according to the academic units they answer to, and that provide them with support, within their universities.

A.  Human Services

Medaille College, Buffalo, NY

- Human Services; Child & Youth Services

University of Delaware, Dover, DE

- Individual & Family Studies; Special Education; Human Services, Education & Public Policy

http://www.udel.edu/cds

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

College of Family and Consumer Science

Institute on Human Development and Disability

http://www.uap.uga.edu

University of Texas - Austin

School of Social Work

Portfolio Area in Disability Studies

Contact: Denise De La Garza

http://tcds.edb.utexas.edu

Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

Faculty of Community Services

School of Disability Studies

            http://www.ryerson.ca/ds

B.  Public Administration

Suffolk University, Boston, MA

C.  Education

Columbia University

Teacher's College

Department of Curriculum & Teaching

http://www.teacherscollege.edu/administration/ncate/Learning-Disabilities

National-Louis University, Evanston, Illinois

National College of Education

http://www3.nl.edu/academics/nce/programs/doctoral

Northern Arizona University

Institute for Human Development – UCEDD

- Special Education; Educational Psychology

http://www.nau.edu/~ihd

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

College of Education – Center for Human Policy

- Cultural Foundations of Education

- Cultural Foundations of Education

http://disabilitystudies.syr.edu

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

College of Education – Institute on Disabilities

http://disabilities.temple.edu/programs/ds ; or http://www.temple.edu/education/programs/certificate/iod_disabilitystudies.html

University of Kansas

            http://www.soe.ku.edu/sped/doctorate

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Institute for Community Inclusion

Public Policy Doctoral Program

Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral Program

- The U.S. Department of Education has funded the Public Policy Doctoral Program, the Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral Program and the Children's Hospital Institute for Community Inclusion to develop a new concentration in leadership in special education and disability policy. http://www.ici.umb.edu/leadership

University of Minnesota

College of Education & Human Service

Department of Education Policy & Administration

Institute on Community Inclusion

http:/ici.umn.edu

D.  Allied Health Professions

University of Illinois at Chicago

College of Associated Health Professionals

Department of Disability & Human Development

        http://www.ahs.uic.edu/ahs/php

E.  Humanities, Social Sciences or Graduate School

Gallaudet University

Department of ASL & Deaf Studies

    http://depts.gallaudet.edu/Deaf.Studies

Hofstra University

Department of English

Ohio State University

College of Arts and Sciences

Co-Coordinators:

Stephen Kuusisto, Associate Professor, Disability Studies and Department of English, kuusisto.1@osu.edu

Joe Wheaton, Associate Professor, Physical Activity and Educational Services, wheaton.3@osu.edu

- http://disabilitystudies.osu.edu

University of California - Berkeley

College of Letters & Science

Concentration in Disability Studies

contact: Susan Schweik, sschweik@uclink.berkeley.edu

http://dsptrio.berkeley.edu/DiSC

University of Missouri - Kansas City

        School of Graduate Studies and College of Arts and Sciences Program for Adult Continuing Education (PACE)

University of Toledo, Ohio

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Sociology

+ The Ability Center of Greater Toledo

Disability Studies Program

contact: Jerry Van Hoy, jvanhoy@utnet.utoledo.edu

           http://www.dstprg.utoledo.edu

University of Washington

    Law, Society and Justice; Comparative History and Ideas

      http://depts.washington.edu/disstud

F.  Interdisciplinary

University of Manitoba

Canadian Centre on Disability Studies

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Architecture

Faculty of Social Work

      http://www.umanitoba.ca/disability_studies

University of Michigan

        http://www.umich.edu/~uminds

York University, Ontario

Critical Disability Studies

http://www.yorku.ca/grads/cal/disa.htm

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Disability Studies Initiative

http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/ds

G.  Housed in UCEDDs

University of Hawaii - Manoa

        Center on Disability Studies

University of Maine

Center for Community Inclusion

- Disability Studies http://www.ume.maine.edu/%7Ecci/learning/ids.htm

H.  Other Disability Studies Initiatives

University of Arkansas

University of Nebraska

I.  Other Websites that Track Disability Studies Initiatives

Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)

        Search for this page at http://aucd.iwa-solutions.com

Disability Studies at Ohio State University

        http://ada.osu.edu/disabilitystudies

Disability Studies at Syracuse University

        http://soeweb.syr.edu/thechp/disstud.htm

DisabilityStudies.com, Schools With Academic Programs in Disability Studies

        http://www.disabilitystudies.com/programs.htm

Open Directory Project - Disability Studies

        http://dmoz.org/Society/Disabled/Disability_Studies

International Center for Disability Information, College of Human Resources and Education, West Virginia University

        http://www.icdi.wvu.edu/Others.htm

Society for Disability Studies Links

        http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/links.html

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