Disability Studies Faculty & Affiliate Members Meeting Agenda

Friday January 24, 2025

12:30-2 PM

Zoom Connection Information: Meeting URL

Meeting ID: 942 9923 8644

Call in by phone: 206 337 9723 US (Seattle)

253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Find your local number:   https://washington.zoom.us/u/acftYDdrPQ

 

Announcements & Upcoming Events

  1. Remaining Winter Quarter DSP Faculty & Affiliate Members Meetings
  • Thurs Feb 13, 3:30-5pm
  • Friday March 14, 12:30-2pm
    1. Career Center hosting panel: Succeed in the Internship & Job Search as a Student w/ a Disability – Virtual Panel , Jan 29, 4-5 pm via zoom
  1. DSP Research Presentation: Friday Feb 7, 1-2pm, HUB 327 & Zoom
  • Unseen and Unsafe: Barriers to Asylum for Refugees with Disabilities, project by students of Megan McCloskey
  • Website for updates
  1. Ask from School of Drama to co-sponsor (contribute to) bringing Patrick McKelvey to campus this Spring 2025 to give a talk about his new book Disability Works.  
  2. DSP to host a KYR Event in collaboration with UW Law School Immigration Law Clinic in Feb or March
    1. Organizers: Heather Evans and Stephen Rosenbaum
  3. Other Announcements
    1. D Center is hiring a Manager. Closing date is January 29th. Details of the position and application process can be found at UW Human Resources.
    2. ASUW SDC event: film screening A Different Man, Thurs Feb 13 tbd

 

Administrative & Program Updates

  1. Introduce new DSP Communications Assistant Andrea Lopez Gonzalez
    1. Contact info: agonza2@uw.edu
  2. Advising & Admin updates
  3. Winter course enrollment
    1. Jason has 15
    2. Ronnie has 26
    3. Joanne has 38 (over-enrolled)
    4. Megan's 346 is full
  4. Spring Courses
    1. Prep and share materials so we can advertise your course! (e.g., flyer, short blurb to be inserted into emails or announcement lists)
    2. Katie Warden: DIS ST 434/535 Disability Legal Studies
    3. Stephen Rosenbaum: LSJ 491 Comparative Human Rights Law & Policy for People with Disability
    4. Joanne: DIS ST 230 Intro to DS
    5. Joanne: DIS ST 421: History of Eugenics
    6. Heather: 503 DS Writing Seminar
  5. SUM Courses
    1. Jason’s Outdoors for All course
    2. Joanne’s courses
  6. Fiscal updates

Committee Updates

  1. See  DSP Committees 2024-2025.docx for current assignments and info on expectations
  2. Delegated Temporary Hires
    1. DSP calls for course proposals went out Dec 20th
    2. Reminder sent Jan 24th
    3. Due date Feb 7th
  3. Harlan Hahn
    1. Call for proposals to go out first week of February
      1. Eligibility requirements being updated
  4. DSP Convocation
    1. Friday, June 6, 2-4pm, Petersen room hybrid

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