Robert Gould
Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Director of Research, Great Lakes ADA Center
Disability and Human Development
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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
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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