I am accepting applications for 1 or 2 PhD students to start in Fall 2025 in ClinicalPsychology or HealthPsychology at @OregonState. My lab studies ableism and the ways disabled people resist it. Students with disabilities and other minorities are encouraged to apply! 

Our PhD program PsychScienceOSU is fully funded and comes with great health insurance.

In the Disability and Social Interaction Lab (DSIL), directed by Dr. Kathleen Bogart, we study the forgotten “ism,” ableism, or stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination towards disability. Nearly 20% of Americans have a disability, making it the largest minority group in the U.S. We examine disability from a social psychological perspective, examining others’ attitudes toward disability and the way people with disabilities manage stigma. Our work extends social psychological theories of intergroup prejudice to examine ableism. For example, does identifying as a person with a disability lead to greater well being? Does a sense of disability pride protect people from ableism?