University of Washington

Disability Studies Faculty Meeting Agenda

February 6, 2023

Zoom Connection Information

Meeting URL

One tap mobile: US: +12063379723,,93817451960#

Meeting ID: 938 1745 1960

Passcode: 691838

 

Announcements, Summary of Last Meeting & Agenda Review

  1. Winter 2023 faculty meeting schedule—March 6th, 3:30-5:00
  2. Graduation—hold the date! June 2nd, 3:00-5:00 pm
  3. Other announcements?

Budget and Administrative Updates

  1. Student engagement
    1. Student survey distributed
    2. Plan for Spring student event
  2. Director transition update
  3. Revisit strategy for acknowledging service commitments by core and affiliate faculty.

Academic Planning

  1. Curriculum Committee report
    1. Undergraduate major and minor
      1. Divisional TA support
      2. Course modality requirements and DL designations
    2. Graduate certificate updates
      1. DIS ST 503 writing seminar:  Would faculty members like us to move DS Writing Seminar to daytime for one or more quarters next year? And if so, would they commit to regularly attending during those quarters? (Heather)

Student, Community & Alumni Outreach

  1. DS research symposium in 2023-2024- would anyone be willing to organize, chair and/or put together a committee to organize? (Heather)
  2. Committees—call for members
    1. Barbara Greenberg Distinguished Scholarship
    2. Harlan Hahn Endowment
    3. Dennis Lang Award
    4. Graduation committee

 

Summary & Next-Meeting Planning

 

  1. Poem (Sara Goering)

 

Adjourn