Disability Studies
The Disability Studies community explores current and past research topics related to disability such as disability legislation, disability culture, the psychosocial impact of disability, the economics of disability, the interaction of technology and disability, and more. Interns summarize research articles and present their findings weekly with the rest of the group. By using the 1Cademy online network, interns synthesize articles into smaller ideas, connect them to broader concepts both within the disability studies community and other communities on the platform, extrapolate the research for deeper analysis, and communicate their findings to other community members. We value collaborative learning and expect interns to participate in group discussions and leverage collective knowledge to dive deeper into the content.
- Interest and enthusiasm for topics related to Disability Studies.
- Strong desire and willingness to collaborate with others and engage in group discussions.
- Willingness to present work at weekly meetings.
- Fluency in writing and reading in English (will have to summarize research articles).
- Submit your most current resume and unofficial transcripts, indicating a GPA above 3.4/4.0
- Explain in a few paragraphs why you apply to this specific community.
- Complete our community-specific quiz by answering a set of questions about some research papers or book chapters and get a satisfying score.
- Gain valuable research skills and experience, such as analyzing scientific journals and articles, summarization, and making connections between disciplines.
- Publish research on topics on the 1Cademy platform related to disability.
- Collaborate with others to review and summarize existing research and identify topics for further study.
- Work remotely with all interactions, task fulfillment, and communications (about 5-10 hours per week).
- Read and condense empirical sources that relate to disabilities.
- Actively contribute information to 1Cademy’s platform with the goal of achieving a unified research resource encompassing many disciplines.
- Frequently revise and improve personal work.
- Attend weekly meetings to present weekly findings and partake in discussions.
- Connect with other members within the community
- Provide feedback
- Collaborate on ideas
- Participate in peer review
Apply to Join this Community
One of the most important aspects of 1Cademy is its unique knowledge representation format. To become a researcher on 1Cademy, you should first engage in one of our ongoing research projects, as a participant. In the project, randomly chosen for you, we will test which type of knowledge representation format works better for your reading comprehension, short-term learning, and long-term learning. This will not only help us improve the design of 1Cademy, but along the way, you will get experience about how to use 1Cademy. For this purpose, you should create an account on our research website and specify your availabilities for three sessions with our UX researchers. In the first session, they will ask you to read two short passages and answer some questions about those passages. This will take an hour. The second and third sessions will be only for 30 minutes each and follow a similar format. Note that it is necessary to complete the second and third sessions, exactly three and seven days after the first session. So, please carefully specify your availability on our research website.