School for Global Inclusion and Social Development at UMass Boston

09/01/2026

Want to join a workplace that supports and advances UMass Boston's values of diversity and equity?

We are hiring a full-time online rehabilitation counseling lecturer in the College of Education and Human Development!

Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited program and begin in January 2027. Learn more & apply:

Apply now Job no: 530105 Position Type: Faculty Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: GISD - Dean's Office Pay Grade: 01 Date opened: 20 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close:

08/27/2026

Did you know that Boston’s Mount Hope Cemetery is home to New England’s oldest and densest Chinese burial ground? Since 1993, UMass Boston Professor and Director of the UMass Boston Asian American Studies Program Dr. Peter Kiang has worked tirelessly with students and community members to restore the dilapidated burial sites.

Read two new articles about reinvigorated efforts by Dr. Kiang and others to repair the burial site:

How a group of activists, academics and artists have renewed efforts to restore Mount Hope Cemetery

08/25/2026

How can we improve education access for all students with intellectual and developmental disabilities? The Mass Center hosted their 2026 mid-year conference and discussed employment, residential life, program sustainability, and more!

Check out photos from the MAIPSE Emerging Trends conference..

08/25/2026

Is AI use outpacing the research on its effectiveness, ethical concerns, biases, and potential benefits in clinical supervision?

UMass Boston's Dr. James Soldner and colleagues examine emerging technologies and consider the challenges, risks, and benefits of using AI to assist with clinical supervision in their latest Behavioral Sciences article, An AI Perspective on Counseling Supervision: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/16/6/1038

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The increased use of technology-assisted distance counseling practices is one result of COVID’s impact on behavioral health, including in counselor education and the delivery of supervision. First, technology-assisted distance supervision needed for “real time” communication grew. Furthermore,...

08/24/2026

Students from the Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI) Master's program at UMass Boston met on campus for an intensive in-person lab weekend, where they gained firsthand experience with the specialized skills used by children with low vision and blindness to live and travel independently.

08/19/2026

Advanced students in the UMass Boston Vision Studies Orientation & Mobility program visited The Seeing Eye, Inc. for a 3-day seminar last month! Students learned first-hand about supporting people with low vision and blindness who use a guide dog to travel.

Orientation and Mobility (O&M) is one of four program tracks in our vision studies program. Want to learn what it takes to become an O&M specialist? Visit: https://www.umb.edu/academics/program-finder/vision-studies-med/

08/19/2026

What does it mean to have dignity, to have choice, and to flourish? The Christian Science Monitor explores the nuances surrounding sheltered workshops that pay employees with intellectual disabilities less than minimum wage to work in specialized factories.

Watch Disability Subminimum Wage: The Controversy Over Sheltered Workshops:

In the U.S., tens of thousands of people with disabilities work for...

07/13/2026

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity — Deadline Extended!
Are you a researcher ready to make a real impact in the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) employment field?

The current IDD employment workforce doesn’t fully reflect or meet the needs of the people it serves — and the Institute for Community Inclusion Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program is working to change that.

We’re recruiting 2 postdoctoral fellows for a 12-month fellowship that provides advanced, multidisciplinary training in IDD employment research. Fellowships will begin in September 2026.

If your background is in rehabilitation, education, social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field — and you want your research to help advance representation and impact in the IDD employment field — this opportunity is for you!

The application deadline has been extended to July 27: https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/job/529934/post-doctoral-research-fellow

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06/26/2026

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity

Are you a researcher ready to make a real impact in the intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) employment field?

The current IDD employment workforce doesn’t fully reflect or meet the needs of the people it serves — and the Institute for Community Inclusion Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program is working to change that.

We’re recruiting 2 postdoctoral fellows for a 12-month fellowship that provides advanced, multidisciplinary training in IDD employment research. Fellowships will begin in September 2026.

If your background is in rehabilitation, education, social sciences, public health, public policy, or a related field — and you want your research to help advance representation and impact in the IDD employment field — this opportunity is for you!

Learn more & apply by July 18: https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/job/529934/post-doctoral-research-fellow

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06/12/2026

We're excited to welcome students participating in UMass Boston's Rehabilitation Counseling Program this week! Courses include Motivational Interviewing and Group Counseling & Group Dynamics.