TEACHING, WORKSHOPS & GUEST LECTURES

  • Foundations in Disability & Human Development
  • Thinking Critically about Intellectual Disability in Disability Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Disability Research Methods
  • Disability, Policy & Law
  • Qualitative Methods & Dyadic Interviewing
  • Feminist Disability Studies Methodologies
  • Entrepreneurship & Disability Employment
  • Disability Leadership & Innovation
  • Sexual Rights, Identity & Citizenship
  • Journal Seminar on Contemporary Topics in Disability Studies
  • Accessible Online Teaching & Inclusive Curriculum Design
  • Active Learning for Student Engagement

CURRENT PROJECTS

UIC Office of Diversity's Inclusive Classroom Initiative (ICI) Faculty Fellow: 
Developing a Disability Inclusive Toolbox: A Disability Studies Approach to Active Learning and Student Engagement
  • This module will be a disability-centered pedagogy, with the goal of increasing student inclusion, engagement, and excitement for learning
ACL Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) Project: Promoting Entrepreneurship Among Low Income Youth with Disabilities
Entrepreneurship for Youth with Disabilities (EYD) Curriculum
 Honored to be nominated by the students to receive the UIC AHS Excalibur Award for Teaching for 2018-2019. It really means a lot coming from y'all! 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP CURRICULUM & TRAINING

Through the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Education for People with Disabilities (CEED) program, I have worked with a panel of experts to develop a comprehensive, plain language curriculum and training for entrepreneurs with disabilities as well as providers from both disability community agencies and Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). This spring and summer we are holding the training sessions, and by the end will have an evidence-based training that has been evaluated and is replicable and scalable.