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New disability master's degree

Launch your career as an ADA coordinator, expert in a disability resource center or facilitator within cultural or educational institution
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Robert Gould

Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Director of Research, Great Lakes ADA Center

Disability and Human Development

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Building & Room:

212 DHSP

Address:

1640 W. Roosevelt Rd.

Office Phone:

312.413.2299

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About

Robert Gould, PhD, is based in the Department of Disability and Human Development. He currently serves as the Department's Director of Undergraduate Studies. He also is the Director of Research and Co-Principal Investigator for the Great Lakes ADA Center and a co-investigator of the ADA National Network Knowledge Translation Center. His broader scholarship and interests pertain to disability rights, domestic and international law and policy, globalization, employment, and issues of human rights and social justice as they pertain to people with disabilities. He has published widely on the implementation of disability rights laws at the domestic and international level in journals such as Disability and the Global South, Research in Social Science and Disability, Disability Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. He also is the Associate Editor of Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Policies, Concepts, and Controversies published by ABC-CLIO. He teaches courses on disability in world cultures, human and civil rights, work, and law and policy.

Selected Grants

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, Rehabilitation and Research, Great Lakes ADA Center, Director of Research, Co-Principal Investigator

National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, Rehabilitation and Research, ADA Knowledge Translation Center, Co-Investigator

Ford Foundation, HOPE: Hispanic Outreach for People with Disabilities in Employment, CO-Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

Publication Aggregators

Service to Community

ADA National Network Research Committee, co-chair (2021 - current);
Illinois State Rehabilitation Council, member (2021 – 2023);
Embrace Inclusive Employment, Board of Directors

Notable Honors

2024, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Professional Development Fellowship Pilot Program, UIC

2021, UIC Teaching Recognition Program, UIC

2018 - 2019; 2019 - 2020, Professional Fellow Program on Inclusive Disability Employment, US Department of State, Association of University Centers on Disabilities

2021, College of Applied Health Sciences New Alum Award, UIC

Education

PhD, Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016
MS,Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2011
BA, Secondary Education and English, University of Iowa, 2007

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