Preferred Name: MJ Jolley Pronouns: they/she Program/Major: Biochemistry (major), Disability Studies (minor) “I was led to this program when I transferred as a sophomore from USU studying biochemistry with a minor in ASL. There wasn’t a minor in ASL here, but at my new student orientation, I learned about the disability studies minor. I wasn’t […]
Read MorePreferred Name: Annabelle Rockne Pronouns: she/her Program/Major: Biology (major), Disability Studies (minor), (alum, HBS ’25) “I initially heard about the disability studies program from a presentation given in a training when I was an orientation leader. I thought the program sounded incredibly interesting and it was a program that seemed to align well with my […]
Read MoreDr. Angela Marie Smith Receives 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities The University of Michigan Press has awarded the 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities to Affecting Disability on American Screens, a groundbreaking manuscript by Associate Professor Angela Marie Smith. This prestigious annual prize recognizes an outstanding […]
Read MoreFall 2024 Research Symposium Presenter: Mar Smith Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer Presentation: Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon Summary: The argument that Spider-Man’s story can be read as a transgender narrative is built on a strong foundation of allegory, body horror, comic history, and censorship. In a time where […]
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Provost Mitzi M. Montoya announced that Ruma Chopra has accepted an offer to serve as dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation.
Read MoreFor the Day of Disability and Neurodiversity, a panel of campus experts provided brief overviews and demonstrations of basic accessibility practices for communications and event planning.
Read MoreTransform is filled with changemakers you need to know! Meet Sydney Kincart, a disability studies minor, who wants to pursue a career in disability policy and advocacy work.
Read MoreFunding will create an intersectional studies collective in the School for Cultural and Social Transformation.
Read MoreYear after year, our team continues to impress — gathering awards and recognitions throughout the university and at national organizations. Congratulations to these recipients!
Read MoreAsked to personally reflect on this happiness, the inaugural dean of Transform, professor Kathryn Bond Stockton, harks to her early days at the U.
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