Developing a Disability Studies Minor: Connecting Existing Structures through Inclusive Curriculum

FAIN: AKA-290963-23

University of Missouri System (Columbia, MO 65211-3020)
Kerri McBee-Black (Project Director: August 2022 to present)
Li Zhao (Co Project Director: April 2023 to present)
Julie Elman (Co Project Director: April 2023 to present)

A one-year faculty and curricular development project to create an interdisciplinary disability studies minor  

Developing a Disability Studies Minor: Connecting Existing Structures through Inclusive Curriculum is a project that aims to develop a replicable humanities-focused DS model program for implementing an inclusive curriculum in the College of Art and Science (CAS) at the University of Missouri. This project will build on and enhance the CAS' diverse strengths to create a minor focusing on courses within the humanities and literary criticism, philosophy, rhetoric, history, anthropology, media and cultural studies, black studies, women's and gender studies, political science, psychology, sociology, theatre, textile and apparel management, political science, and communication. This project will plan to create a disability studies minor for undergraduate students, focusing on courses within the humanities and the social sciences that connect the humanities with STEM and applied science majors across campus.