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Meet the Inaugural DisCover Fellows Researching Disability Studies and Culture

The Disability Studies Program in the College of Arts & Sciences and Georgetown University’s Disability Cultural Center (DCC) have jointly launched the DisCover.…

July 15, 2026

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Starting Fall 2025, College of Arts & Sciences Students Can Major in Disability Studies

This fall, students in the College of Arts & Sciences will be able to declare disability studies as a major and join one of the first programs of its kind in the…

June 19, 2025

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Statement of the Faculty of the Disability Studies program at Georgetown University on HHS Secretary’s Comments on Autism

The faculty members in the Disability Studies program at Georgetown University object in the strongest possible terms to United States Secretary of Health and Human Services…

April 18, 2025

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Creation of a Major in Disability Studies

The board of Georgetown University has voted to approve the creation of a major in Disability Studies beginning Fall ’25. This event has been many years in the making. We…

April 8, 2025

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Professor Joel Michael Reynolds Announced as DS Program Director

The Program in Disability Studies is beyond excited to welcome Professor Joel Michael Reynolds , a Disability Studies faculty member and Senior Research Scholar in the…

August 5, 2024

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DS Faculty Grant Project: “Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in Turkiye”

DS Faculty Toby Long and Sylvia Önder have received a Georgetown Global Engagement Grant to do a workshop in Turkey called “Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers with…

October 20, 2023

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2023 Learning in Practice Fellowships Awarded

This year, with support from the Provost’s Innovation in Teaching Award as well as generous funding from Catrina and Alessandro Guerrini-Maraldi (Parents‘24), the Disability…

March 6, 2023