Archive: Disability Studies
18 Articles
- CAS Magazine: Faculty
Gold Medalist Soccer Star and Professor Empowers Storytelling in Disability Studies
Liza Offreda, a four-time gold medalist with the U.S. Women’s Deaf National Team, has joined the College of Arts & Sciences as an assistant professor in the disability studies…
November 20, 2025
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Starting Fall 2025, College of Arts & Sciences Students Can Major in Disability Studies
Georgetown is one of the few top-ranked universities in the country to offer an undergraduate major program dedicated to disability.…
June 18, 2025
- CAS Magazine: Faculty
From Paris to the Hilltop, Jennifer Natalya Fink Examines the Fashion Industry Through a Green (Washed) Lens
This summer, Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink and artist Julie Laffin collaborated on a performance piece titled “Going (Paris) Green,” which examined greenwashing, toxicity…
September 26, 2024
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Julia Watts Belser Rethinks Biblical Portrayals of Disability, Wins National Jewish Book Award
Julia Watts Belser's latest book offers a radical, disability-centric re-reading of both the Talmud and the…
March 8, 2024
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Dismantling Systems of Oppression with Transformative Education: Kwabena Sekyere-Boateng (C’23) Wants to Start in the Computer Lab
Kwabena Sekyere-Boateng (C’23) completed a 10-week research fellowship examining the complex ways in which technology can both reinforce and tear down systems of hierarchy and…
September 22, 2023
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Did the Suffragist Movement Rely on Racism? New Play Explores Hidden History
“Bitter Flower,” an original play from award-winning novelist and playwright Jennifer Natalya Fink, opens November.…
November 4, 2022
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Academic Journal Founded by College Professor Provides Focal Point for Disability Studies
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability, launched last year by Joel Michael Reynolds, is celebrating the publication of its second issue this.…
September 29, 2022
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Renowned Choreographer Begins Groundbreaking Residency in Disability Studies
In January 2022, the Program in Disability Studies will welcome renowned choreographer Jerron Herman as its Artist/Scholar/Activist-in.…
December 16, 2021
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Junior Creates Organization to Advocate for More Accessible Practices in High School Debates
Alanna Cronk (C’23) started the organization 1AC-ACCESSIBILITY (1AC), which seeks to make high school debates more accessible to those with disabilities, in the spring of her…
July 26, 2021
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Making Georgetown Communication More Accessible, Inclusive for All
As Georgetown shifted to an online learning environment last spring, there was an increase in virtual communication through websites, email and social media. Libbie Rifkin,…
April 8, 2021