Disability Studies

As a member of the academic community, I have often participated in making campus more accessible, in line with the goals of the disability rights movement. At UCSC, I’m focusing on:

— Incorporating disability into discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion. I currently serve on the Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity (CAAD) and have served on multiple job searches and taskforces.

— Co-leading the 2022-23 disability cluster through UCSC’s Humanities Institute (with Megan Moodie).

— Considering how to “map” complicated campuses (like UCSC) through the RSA mapping project.

— Presenting at 2023 Practical Activisms on Disability Pedagogy as Disability Justice (slides) and script.

— Bringing disability scholars and activists to campus:

The flyer is for Jay Dolmage. JAY DOLMAGE ACADEMIC ABLEISM: Beyond Accommodation at UC Santa Cruz Thursday, May 9 at 5:30-7p College 9/10 Multipurpose Room student lunch discussion: Friday, May 10, 1-2:30p, Cowell 132 for lunch, please RSVP to http://bit.ly/AcademicAbleismLunch This talk/discussion will address the ableist attitudes, policies, and practices that are built into higher education. It will also interrogate the minimal and temporary means we have been given to address inequities, and the cost such an approach has for disabled students and faculty. We will explore our own ableist biases, apologies, and defenses in an effort to build tools for anti-ableist education. ASL interpretation and CART provided. Scent- and fragrance-free event. Please send access requests to ajkatz@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-24807. Logistics and transportation at https://drc.ucsc.edu/events. This is a child-friendly event. Sponsored by the Disability Resource Center & the Writing Program Read Academic Ableism for free on the web: https://www.press.umich.edu/