Society for Disability Studies

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Based in Chicago, IL Celestine Willis is the Director of training for the Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is working with the Center’s Director to increase understanding of cultural competence and to develop models and self-assessment instruments measuring cultural competence.

Celestine’s primary focus is conducting research on issues of diversity and cultural competence, exploring how race, disability, and discrimination intersect.