Undergraduate Program

Why Minor in Disability Studies?

Disability studies is a dynamic interdisciplinary minor that considers disability as an identity, a community, a history, and a form of critical analysis. Rather than approaching disability as a problem in need of a cure, disability studies understands disability as a human experience that offers unique perspectives on culture and society. Our program empowers students to make the world a better place for disabled people and their families. We prepare students for careers in psychology and counseling, health and medicine, government and law, nonprofits and advocacy, public policy and administration, and education and social work. 



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Get Real-World Experience

The disability studies minor combines classroom learning with hands-on fieldwork. Students learn directly from people with disabilities through a wide variety of community partnerships in sports, schools, health care, direct support provision, the arts, and many other spheres of life.


A Minor that Hits Home

“Everything around the minor showed disability as something to be celebrated and not something to be afraid of and as someone with a disability, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s cool. I want in.”

—Ashley Osborne, minor


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Advising and Academic Support

Students minoring in disability studies can consult our program director or seek support from the advising team at Tykeson College and Career Advising.

Brian Trapp

Dr. Brian Trapp (He/Him/His)     
Director of Disability Studies

Email: trapp@uoregon.edu     
Phone: 541-346-0508     
Office: 216 Alder     
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Events

Archaeological Discoveries in the Indo-Pacific Shed Light on Long-term Subsistence Practices
May7
Archaeological Discoveries in the Indo-Pacific Shed Light on Long-term Subsistence Practices May 7 Chapman Hall
Writing Lab Drop-In Workshop: Revision Strategies
May8
Writing Lab Drop-In Workshop: Revision Strategies May 8 Willie and Donald Tykeson Hall
Bridging the Impasse: 21st Century Practices for a Stronger Democracy
May8
Bridging the Impasse: 21st Century Practices for a Stronger Democracy May 8 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Chicana Feminism: Locating the Lesbi/Queer Genealogy
May8
Chicana Feminism: Locating the Lesbi/Queer Genealogy May 8 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Graduate Research Forum
May8
Graduate Research Forum May 8 Ford Alumni Center
Opening Event for Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities
May8
Opening Event for Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities May 8 Knight Library
Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities
May9
Blue Visions: Thinking with Ocean Ecologies across the Arts and Humanities May 9 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Theatre Arts Presents: “Curiosity in Practice: Q&A with Actor Rachel Keller”
May9
Theatre Arts Presents: “Curiosity in Practice: Q&A with Actor Rachel Keller” May 9 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
UO Olympic Studies Week
May12
UO Olympic Studies Week May 12
UO Olympic Studies Week - Academic Session
May12
UO Olympic Studies Week - Academic Session May 12 Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact