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Ableism Research
Nearly 20% of Americans have a disability, making it the largest minority group in the United States.
Dr. Kathleen Bogart is the Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Oregon State University. There, her research group, the Disability and Social Interaction Lab, study the forgotten “ism,” ableism.
Featured Research Articles
Select a topic below to read academic research articles by Dr. Kathleen Bogart. Some articles are paired with companion articles that discuss the research in plain, less academic language.
All of Dr. Bogart's publications are available on Google Scholar.
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Meese, W., Rubin-McGregor, J., Anderson, K., Bogart, K. R., Boring, B., Garrison, M., McManus, J., Moura, I., Van Doren, S., Benson, T., Cuenco, Z., Pearlstein, J., Plackowski, E., Klest, B., Rule, P., VanDaalen, R., Wang, K., Wu, F., & Zisk, A. (2026). Disability representation in social and personality psychology research: A state of the art review. Social Personality and Psychological Science.
Bogart, K. R. (2024). Increasing disability inclusion through self-relevant research. Communications Psychology, 2(9).
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Bogart, K. R., Krauter, M. A., Cipollina, R., Wang, K., Sykes, M., Garrison, S. M., & Harcourt, D. (2026). “It’s harder to set boundaries when it’s so obvious”: Disclosing observable disabilities. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication.
Bogart, K. R., Bryson, B., & Harcourt, D. (2023). Disclosing the obvious: Psychosocial implications of (not) explaining facial differences. Body Image, 46, 91-102.
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Bogart, K. R., Lund, E., & Rottenstein, A. (2018). Disability pride protects self-esteem through the Rejection-Identification Model. Rehabilitation Psychology, 63(1), 155-159.
Bogart, K. R., Rottenstein, A., Lund, E., & Bouchard, L. (2017). Who self-identifies as disabled? An examination of impairment and contextual predictors. Rehabilitation Psychology, 62(4), 553-562.
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Bogart, K. R., Voss, M. E., & Limon, M. (2026). Mental health in the first generation of adults with Fanconi anemia. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 31(1), 125-139.
Bogart, K. R.†, Hemmesch, A. R.†, Barnes, E., Blissenbach, T., Beisang, A., Engel, P., & the Chloe Barnes Advisory Council on Rare Diseases. (2022). Healthcare access, satisfaction, and health-related quality of life among children and adults with rare diseases. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 17(196), 1-18. [† Authors contributed equally]
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Bogart, K. R. (2021). Masks in the time of COVID-19 as an inadvertent simulation of facial paralysis. Disability & Society, 36(5), 840-843.
Bogart, K. R., (2020). Socioemotional functioning with facial paralysis: Is there a congenital or acquired advantage? Health Psychology, 39(4), 345-354.