The DISCAPAZ team is looking to enroll students for course credit in the Spring 2026 semester. Paid opportunities may be available on a case-by-case basis.
DISCAPAZ is a multimedia project aimed at centering the voices and narratives of disabled individuals and their families living along the Arizona-Sonoran border. The project also serves as an interdisciplinary, experiential learning program that facilitates authentic engagement with border communities to address community-identified needs and amplify disabled voices in the borderlands through ongoing digital storytelling.
The overarching inquiry is to examine what it means to live with disability in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands. Through this inquiry, DISCAPAZ will provide advocates, practitioners, and the public a deeper understanding of issues, needs, and power of the disability community in this region.
Through practical training in community-based research and program development, students will gain skills in interdisciplinary research and practice, and authentic community engagement and partnerships that will prepare them for real-world practice in their own disciplines. Students will learn to be advocates for inclusive and equitable practices through a cultural and disability lens. Experiences will provide opportunity to deepen their investment and networks in the local community through engagement with our partners and programs on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Digital storytelling that encompasses podcasts, video, and other media will be used as a vehicle for storytelling pieces that are shared, analyzed, and developed into data storytelling.
