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U402G·Disability Inclusion in Academic STEM Careers
Workshop CoNECD HQ Sessions
Sun. February 25, 2024 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Mt. Vernon- 2nd Floor , Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel
Session Description

Free ticketed event
Disability Inclusion in Academic STEM Careers

Through our project AccessADVANCE, we aim to promote an intersectional approach for increasing the participation and advancement of STEM faculty with disabilities. Attendees will learn about approaches to access, discuss issues in their institutions, and identify potential strategies to increase accessibility. Despite decades of work related to equity among STEM faculty, very little of this work has addressed faculty with disabilities. Participants in this workshop will learn about approaches to access, discuss issues related to accessibility at their own institutions, and identify potential strategies to increase accessibility for STEM faculty.

3 hours

Speakers
  1. Dr. Sheryl Elaine Burgstahler

    Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler founded and directs Accessible Technology Services—which includes the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center and the IT Accessibility Team (ITAT)—at the University of Washington. These groups (1) offer mentoring and other interventions to support the success of students with disabilities in postsecondary education and careers and (2) promote the universal design (UD) of learning opportunities; facilities; websites, media, documents and other IT; and services to ensure that they are accessible to, usable by, and inclusive of individuals with disabilities. Her latest book is Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education: A Universal Design Toolkit.

  2. Dr. Brianna Blaser
    University of Washington

    Dr. Brianna Blaser seeks to increase the participation of people with disabilities in science and engineering careers through her work at the DO-IT Center at the University of Washington. She is the associate director for AccessComputing and AccessADVANCE. Her work includes direct interventions for individuals with disabilities and working with faculty, employers, and other stakeholders to create institutional change. Previously, Brianna was Project Director of Outreach for AAAS & Science Careers. Brianna earned her PhD in Women’s Studies at the University of Washington in 2008.

  3. Dr. Canan Bilen-Green
    North Dakota State University

    Dr. Canan Bilen-Green is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Equity, and Dale Hogoboom Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at North Dakota State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming. She holds MS degrees from Bilkent University and University of Wyoming. She served as lead investigator and director of the National Science Foundation funded ADVANCE FORWARD Institutional Transformation program and the ADVOCATE FORWARD PLAN-D partnership project. Dr. Bilen-Green formed, led, or served on various institutional committees including Commission of the Status of Women Faculty, Women with Disabilities Task Force, and Promotion to Professor Task Force.

  4. Cali Anicha PhD
    University of North Dakota

    Dr. Cali L. Anicha, is a former public school educator, has served as a university adjunct instructor, and as an NDSU ADVANCE Research Associate. She has an MS degree in Special Education from Minnesota State University Moorhead, as well as an MS in Experimental Psychology and a PhD in Institutional Analysis from North Dakota State University. She is engaged in a range of community and education-based equity and justice efforts and has worked with the NDSU ADVANCE team since 2010.

  5. Dr. Cecilia Aragon
    University of Washington

    Dr. Cecilia Aragon is Professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering and Director of the Human-Centered Data Science Lab at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2004, and her B.S. in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on human-centered data science. Aragon is a Senior Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute at UW, Distinguished Member of the ACM, and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the US government on outstanding scientists in the early stages of their careers. Her latest book, Human-Centered Data Science: An Introduction, was released by MIT Press in 2022.