San Francisco State University (SFSU) is a public comprehensive university in the California State University system. It was founded in 1899 as a normal school and today has an enrollment of more than 30,000 students across six academic colleges.
Historian and activist Paul K. Longmore founded the Institute on Disability in 1996. When he passed away in 2010, the university created an endowment for the Institute and renamed it in his honor. It undertakes projects that work to challenge prevailing notions and stereotypes of disability by showcasing disabled people's strength, ingenuity, and originality. Its public education and cultural events connect the Bay Area's vibrant disability communities and the general public with faculty and students at SF State to fight disability stigma with disability culture.
The J. Paul Leonard Library provides access to:
Jackiekoerner ( talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at San Francisco State University for 2016-17, working with the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability to improve Wikipedia's coverage of disability-related topics.
San Francisco State University is not currently accepting applications. Please see Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Apply for other options.
San Francisco State University (SFSU) is a public comprehensive university in the California State University system. It was founded in 1899 as a normal school and today has an enrollment of more than 30,000 students across six academic colleges.
Historian and activist Paul K. Longmore founded the Institute on Disability in 1996. When he passed away in 2010, the university created an endowment for the Institute and renamed it in his honor. It undertakes projects that work to challenge prevailing notions and stereotypes of disability by showcasing disabled people's strength, ingenuity, and originality. Its public education and cultural events connect the Bay Area's vibrant disability communities and the general public with faculty and students at SF State to fight disability stigma with disability culture.
The J. Paul Leonard Library provides access to:
Jackiekoerner ( talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at San Francisco State University for 2016-17, working with the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability to improve Wikipedia's coverage of disability-related topics.
San Francisco State University is not currently accepting applications. Please see Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Apply for other options.