Faculty

INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY

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 ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

Raymond Knapp (Interim Chair)	Musicology
Salih Can Açıksöz	Anthropology
Juliann T. Anesi	Gender Studies
Bruce Baker	Psychology
Jenny Chen Lu	Institute for Society and Genetics
Lauren Clark	Nursing
Linda Demer	David Geffen School of Medicine and Bioengineering
Helen Deutsch	English
Victoria Marks (Sabbatical)	World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Lauren Lee 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
Fred Ariel Hernandez	Undergraduate Education Initiatives
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)
Jenny Lu	Institute for Society & Genetics
Lauri Mattenson	Writing Programs
Kathleen McHugh	English and Film, Television and Digital Media
Uri McMillan	English and African American Studies
Felicity Nussbaum	English
Mary O’Connor	Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Christina Palmer	Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Science
Susan Plann	Applied Linguistics
Olivia Raynor	Tarjan Center, National Arts and Disability Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
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
Sharon Traweek	Gender Studies and History
Alexander Tymchuk	Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences (Emeritus)
Jeffrey Wood	Education
Allan Wu	Neurology

IN MEMORIAM

Professor Paul Longmore: 1947-2010

Judy Heumann: 1947-2023

Professor Janice Reiff

Stuart Biegel: 1946-2019

… friends to Disability Studies at UCLA