PhD Student, Graduate Research Assistant, and Adjunct Faculty Member The University of Texas at Arlington
While social work efforts to fight racial injustice have increased since 2020, ableism remains largely unaddressed. This paper bridges that gap by exploring how three overlapping frameworks—DisCrit, Black feminist technology studies, and Black Feminist Thought—can advance disability justice within social work education and practice.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Evaluate how DisCrit as both theory and praxis can be applied to social work education to challenge ableist structures, particularly the disproportionate impact of unpaid internships on disabled students.
Analyze how Black feminist technology studies can be used in social work pedagogy to examine the role of data and surveillance in policing Black disabled individuals within social service systems.
Apply participatory action research (PAR) guided by Black Radical epistemologies to develop more equitable teaching methods, curricula, and policies that center disabled voices in social work education and practice.
