Kathleen Bogart is a professor at the School of Psychological Science at Oregon State University. She earned her PhD from Tufts University. Kathleen’s work involves disability, ableism, and rare disorders such as facial paralysis. She is the Director of the Disability and Social Interaction Lab at Oregon State University.

She has been an International Visiting Fellow at the University of Warwick in the UK and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England.

Kathleen’s contributions to the field have been recognized with the first annual Social Personality and Health Network Diversity in Research Award and the OSU Honors College Eminent Mentor award in 2022. An advocate for individuals with rare disorders and disabilities, she has served on various boards, including the American Psychological Association Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology and the Moebius Syndrome Foundation Scientific Advisory Board. She is also the co-founder of the Disability Advocacy and Research Network (DARN) and faculty advisor for OSU's Disabled Students Union.

She co-edited a special issue on ableism for the Journal of Social Issues in 2019. She serves as an Associate Editor for both Personality and Social Psychology Review and Rehabilitation Psychology. Her work has been featured in prominent publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, Time, Science Magazine, Financial Times, and Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Bogart frequently presents to and consults with international academic, general, and TEDx audiences about her and she blogs about her work for Psychology Today.