PLEASE CIRCULATE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL WHO MAY BE INTERESTED:
The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies at the University
of Illinois at Chicago is accepting applications from prospective students
for Fall 2009. The deadline for receipt of full applications is January 1,
2009. UIC's Disability Studies Ph.D. program promotes the development of
new scholarly models for understanding disability. Part of this
intellectual approach involves the education of disabled and non-disabled
academicians, researchers, policy experts, and clinicians who will join
with disabled people in the community as active challengers of oppressive
institutions and environments. The program examines how addressing
disability in its full complexity can promote the full participation,
self-determination, and equal citizenship of people with disabilities in
society.
UIC's Disability Studies program recognizes disability as a complex
phenomenon existing at the intersection of human differences and social
values. The program is open to scholars committed to studying how
disability "works." This includes the study of what disability reveals
about society and humanity as well as how it affects people who fall both
within and outside of the category. Scholars from any discipline can engage
in disability studies. A particular strength of the UIC Disability Studies
program is access to diverse faculty mentors and resources in the social
sciences, the humanities, and the health fields. Students in the program
conduct research across social, clinical, cultural, ethical, and policy
perspectives.
For more information or to arrange a telephone or in-person meeting with
Carol J. Gill, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, please contact:
Sarah Rothberger, MFA
Disability Studies Program Acedemic Coordinator
Dept. of Disability & Human Development (MC 626)
1640 West Roosevelt Road, Room 215
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
(312) 996-1508 (voice)
Fax (312) 996-0885
TTY (312) 996-1233
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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