Project AdvisorsProject StaffAdvisory Board Project Advisors |
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| Name | Affiliation | Responsibility and/or Area of Expertise |
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| Josh Alexander, M.D. | Program Director, TelAbility. Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation, UNC Hospitals. Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC School of Medicine. | Telemedicine and telehealth for children with disabilities |
| Don Bailey, Ph.D. | Director, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, UNC-Chapel Hill |
Personnel preparation, family issues, and program evaluation |
| Virginia Bishop, Ph.D. | Consultant, Austin, TX | Personnel preparation, visual impairment, early childhood visual impairment |
| Harriet Boone, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, UNC-CH School of Education |
Personnel preparation, early childhood special education |
| Edward Buckley, M.D. | Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at Duke. Chairman of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Duke University Eye Center | Issues, trends, and treatment in pediatric ophthalmology |
| Ray Dragon, B.S. | Media Technician, North Carolina Central University, Webmaster, Teacher Preparation in Visual Impairment, NCCU |
Internet accessibility for iniduals with visual impairments, web design, technology |
| Jane Erin, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Coordinator of Teacher Preparation in Visual
Impairment The Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology University of Arizona |
Personnel preparation, visual impairments, multiple disabilities |
| P. J. McWilliam, Ph.D. | Investigator and Director of Child Care Center, Frank Porter Graham
Child Development Center, UNC-CH |
Case method of instruction in early intervention, family-centered practices, inclusion in early childhood, personnel preparation. |
| Elizabeth Morgan, M.A. | Director, VIISA Project,Ski Hi Institute, Utah State University | Dissemination, outreach, early childhood visual impairments |
| Debra Reinhartsen, M.Ed. | Section Head, Speech and Language Pathology, Center for Development
and Learning, UNC-CH |
Assistive technology, emerging literacy, communication |
| Lee Robinson, Ph.D. | Superintendent, Utah Schools for Deaf and Blind | Consumer and family issues, early childhood visual impairments |
| Stuart Teplin, M.D. | Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, Head of Medical Section, Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, UNC Chapel Hill | Visual impairments, prematurity, multiple disabilities |
| Chris Tompkins, M.A. | Executive Director, Foundation for Blind Children, Phoenix, AZ Executive Director, Blind Babies Foundation, San Francisco |
Technology, direct services, early childhood visual impairments |
| Pat Trohanis, Ph.D. | Scientist and Director of NECTAS, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, UNC-CH | Dissemination, evaluation, systems-change, personnel preparation, theories of adult learning |
| Brad Walker, Ph.D. | Director, Visual Impairment Training Program and Associate Professor,
North Carolina Central University |
Personnel preparation, visual impairments |
| David Warren, Ph.D. | Executive Vice Chancellor University of California-Riverside |
Evaluation, early childhood visual impairment, research |
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