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 |
Helen Deutsch | English |
Rachel Lee | English and Gender Studies |
Lauren McCarthy | Design | Media Arts |
Christina Palmer | Psychiatry & Bio-behavioral Science |
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) |
Susan Curtiss | Linguistics (Emeritus) |
Linda Demer | David Geffen School of Medicine and Bioengineering |
Gary Galbraith | Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences (Emeritus) |
Sally Gibbons | Honors Programs |
David Gere | World Arts and Cultures/Dance |
Marjorie Goodwin | Anthropology & Applied Linguistics |
Isla Hansen | Design and Media Arts |
Richard Jackson | Environmental Health Sciences |
Jonathan Kao | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Connie Kasari | Education |
Raymond Knapp | Musicology |
Alice Kuo | Pediatrics |
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 |
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 |
Alexander Tymchuk | Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences |
Jeffrey Wood | Education |
Allan Wu | Neurology |