VIBRANT CURRICULUM
The Disability Studies minor has rapidly emerged as one of UCLA’s most vibrant interdisciplinary curricular innovations. Our faculty conduct research and teach in the following interdisciplinary fields: communications, dance, economics, education, film and television, health sciences, history, linguistics, literature, musicology, political science, psychiatry, social welfare, technology and urban planning.
FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
| Victoria Marks, (Chair)Â | World Arts and Cultures/Dance |
| Juliann T. Anesi | Gender Studies |
| Salih Can Aciksoz | Anthropology |
| Bruce Baker  | Psychology |
| Lauren Clark | Nursing |
| Linda Demer | David Geffen School of Medicine and Bioengineering |
| Helen Deutsch | English |
| Raymond Knapp | Musicology |
| Lauren McCarthy | Design | Media Arts |
AFFILIATED FACULTY
| Emily Abel | Public Health (Emeritus) |
| Anurima Banerji | World Arts and Cultures/Dance |
| A.E. (Ted) Benjamin | Social Welfare (Emeritus) |
| Carole Browner | Anthropology; Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences (Emeritus) |
| Michelle Carriger | Theater |
| Susan Curtiss | Linguistics (Emeritus) |
| Eleazar Eskin | Computational Medicine, Computer Science & Human Genetics |
| Ashley Feinsinger | Medicine |
| Gary Galbraith | Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences (Emeritus) |
| Sally Gibbons | Honors Programs |
| David Gere | World Arts and Cultures/Dance |
| Marjorie Goodwin | Anthropology & Applied Linguistics |
| Michael Hackett | Theater |
| Isla Hansen | Design and Media Arts |
| Richard Jackson | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Jonathan Kao | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Connie Kasari | Education |
| Alice Kuo | Pediatrics |
| Rachel Lee | English and Gender Studies |
| Andrew Leuchter | Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences |
| Benjamin J. Lewis | Linguistics & American Sign Language |
| Christine Littleton | Gender Studies & Law (Emeritus) |
| Lauri Mattenson | Writing Programs |
| Lauren McCarthy | Design and Media Arts |
| Kathleen McHugh | English and Film, Television and Digital Media |
| Uri McMillan | English |
| Felicity Nussbaum | English |
| Mary O’Connor | Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |
| Christina Palmer | Psychiatry & Bio-behavioral Science |
| Susan Plann | Applied Linguistics |
| Olivia Raynor | Tarjan Center, National Arts and Disability Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciencesv |
| David Rodes | English |
| Sherrilyn Roush | Philosophy |
| Caitlin Solone | Disability Studies |
| Bonnie Taub | Community Health Sciences |
| Stefan Timmermans | Sociology |
| Fernando Torres-Gil | Social Welfare and Public Policy |
| Alexander Tymchuk | Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences |
| Jeffrey Wood | Education |
| Allan Wu | Neurology |
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Paul Longmore: 1947-2010
Judy Heumann:Â 1947-2023
… friends to Disability Studies at UCLA