Chad Allen (English & American Indian Studies) has co-edited a forthcoming joint issue of SAIL & AIQ, marking the 2011 SAI Centennial Symposium he organized and hosted at the Ohio Union... [more...] DISCO’s Research & Creative Activity Series showcased new work from 7 faculty (across 6 departments) for the 2012/13 academic year, including Youssef Yacoubi, Lilia Fernandez, Terrell Strayhorn, Koritha Mitchell, Chad Allen, Patty Bode, &Trevon Logan... CONGRATULATIONS to all the students awarded 2012/13 DISCO Student Travel Grants and DISCO Interdisciplinary Programs Scholarships! Interdisciplinary Programs Scholarships are open to undergraduate students and Travel Grants are open to both undergraduate Diversity Talk: Changing the Discourse, Changing Course (3/21) Over 75 Faculty, Staff, Administrators and Students came together for a half-day symposium and discussion of the future of institutionalized diversity at OSU and in Academia generally...[more] Lilia Fernández's <<Brown in the Windy City>> featured on WTTW's Chicago Tonight... [more...] Disability Studies faculty work with ODS and other partners in the Nisonger Center’s TOPS program, promoting options for empowering youth with disabilities and helping them transition into self-determined adults … [more…] Judy Wu was honored at the inaugural Ohio Asian Leaders & Legends Gala for her service and contributions as coordinator of Asian American Studies as well as a faculty in Departments of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies... [more...] disco ball DISCO logo

The Diversity & Identity Studies Collective at OSU—DISCO—is an interdisciplinary and university-wide project that seeks to coordinate and foster collaboration among a number of departments and academic programs that focus on aspects of diverse identities.