In this chapter, I discuss the special needs and opportunities for effective faculty and graduate-student mentoring of undergraduates in an interdisciplinary model. These undergraduates are enrolled in large science-based, interdisciplinary, introductory (SBII) courses. I derived the commentary from five years of experience as the course director for the two-semester sequence—Introduction to Gl...

BACKGROUND The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been received considerable attention internationally. METHODS The Convention's main arguments are conceptually analyzed. Implications for the development of research designs are elaborated upon. RESULTS The Convention entails both a human rights and a sociopolitical dimension. Advancing a relational notion of di...