Workshop and Colloquium with Kathleen Bogart at SFU-Burnaby, November 13, 2026

SFU PSYC Faculty Workshop & PUBLIC Colloquium with Dr. Kathleen Bogart (https://www.kathleenbogart.com/)

About the event

What & When:
1) Workshop for SFU Psychology Dept faculty and invited guests, 12:30-1:30pm
2) Public Colloquium, 2:30-4:00pm (all welcome)
sponsored by the SFU Psychology Dept's JEDAI Workgroup and the Social Psychology Area

Where:
RCB 6152
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Register/Express Interest at:
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EVENT DETAILS

Faculty Workshop: Anti-Ableist Practices in Psychology

Drawing from my insights as a disabled psychologist and co-leader of the Disability Advocacy and Research Network (DARN), this workshop will interrogate and interrupt ableism in psychology research and teaching. We will discuss designing educational and research practices with accessibility and inclusion “baked in.” Systems and practices contributing to disparities in disabled student and faculty representation will be examined. Attendees will have the opportunity to work through their own real-world case studies, and we will work toward developing educational materials and interventions that truly interrupt stigma and ableism.

Public Colloquium: The Disability Observability Spectrum Influences Ableism

Ableism—disability stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and structural oppression—is pervasive, yet understudied in social and personality psychology. This talk foregrounds disability as a socially constructed identity and introduces the disability observability spectrum, a framework conceptualizing disability as more or less observed depending on interacting factors related to the individual, the observer, and the social context. Different locations on the spectrum predict distinct affective and behavioral pathways to ableism, from paternalism to delegitimization. Broader ramifications for the study of disability and other minoritized groups will be discussed.

 Please note, there will be photography at the sessions, and the sessions may also be recorded.

About the speaker

Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D.
Oregon State University

Dr. Kathleen Bogart is a Professor of Psychology at Oregon State University. She is a social and health psychologist specializing in disability, ableism, and the experiences of people with rare disorders. As a person with a rare disability herself, Dr. Bogart’s work seeks to advance advocacy and equity for people with disabilities. An advocate for people with rare disorders and disabilities, she has served in leadership roles in the American Psychological Association Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology and the Moebius Syndrome Foundation Scientific Advisory Board. Passionate about disability community-building, she is the co-founder of the Disability Advocacy and Research Network (DARN) for psychologists who have and/or specialize in disability. In recognition of her work, Dr. Bogart was named Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor in 2026, OSU Honors College Eminent Mentor in 2022, and she received the American Psychological Association Distinguished Contributions to the Advancement of Disability Issues in Psychology Award. She is a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.
For more about Dr. Bogart you can visit: https://www.kathleenbogart.com/
 

VIDEO and SLIDES (if made available by presenter)

The video and slides for the JEDAI events are often provided with permission from the presenter. These materials are available for non-commercial use only. If you use of these materials for non-commercial purposes, please make sure to give proper attribution 

The events is offered free. If you would like to make a donation in appreciation, please consider donations to one of the following:
- for Indigenous Students, e.g. the First Nations, Metis, Inuit Student Association Endowments.
  visit: https://secure.give.sfu.ca/donate, and search Indigenous.
- the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, visit: https://www.irsss.ca/
- Indspire, visit: https://indspire.ca/ways-to-give/donate/

Related resources

Please see Dr. Bogart's website

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If you are interested in additional resources on topics around Reconciliation/Decolonization/EDI, you may also interested in the recording/resources for the talks by Dr. Mary Jude Cenat, JP Laurenceau and Resrouces on the SFU Psyc JEDAI Workgroup website, and in visiting the SFU Psyc IRC Resources page and links. They are continually being updated: https://www.sfu.ca/psychology/about/indigenous-reconciliation/resources.html