[Missouri-l] doctorate programs in sensory disabilities

Mon Nov 9 19:48:44 CST 2009

Please share the following announcement.

OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME: EARN YOUR DOCTORATE

With a Specialization in the Education of Students who have a Sensory
Impairment

(Blind/Visually Impaired, Deaf/Heard of Hearing, or Deafblindness)

We are pleased to announce the funding of the National Leadership Consortium
in Sensory Disabilities (NLCSD) by the U.S. Department of Education, Office
of Special Education Programs. The consortium consists of 24 universities
with doctoral programs that have an emphasis in one or more of the three
sensory impairment areas: blind/visually impaired, deaf/hard of hearing, and
deafblindness. 

NLCSD will provide a unique doctoral study experience for up to 25 qualified
individuals committed to the education of infants, toddlers, children and
youth who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/visually impaired or deafblind.
Full tuition and a minimum of $20,000 annual living stipend will be provided
to NLCSD Fellows for up to four years of full-time on campus study while
they earn their doctorates at Consortium Universities. Fellowships are
available to US citizens who must first be accepted into a doctoral program
at one of the Consortium Universities (listed below) and then be selected by
the NLCSD Consortium through a rigorous application procedure. One national
cohort of students will be selected to begin studies in the fall of 2010. 

The NLCSD Fellows will participate together in a structured added-value
enrichment program in addition to their individual Universities' Doctoral
Programs of study in Special Education. The added-value NLCSD Research Based
Conceptual Model will supplement the research curriculum provided at the
NLCSD parent Universities. During the Fellow's studies, there will be an
ongoing, on-line asynchronous, wiki based research forum which will provide
opportunities to critically examine research issues in the field, engage in
discussion with faculty and researchers across the country, and engage
collaboratively In designing, implementing and disseminating research. 

The enrichment program will be designed by the NLCSD University Consortium
with input from a Public Advisors Council (PAC) that includes national
professional, consumer and parent organizations representing the three
sensory disability areas as well as other national professional
organizations in higher education and special education. The enrichment
program will include opportunities to participate in research and
issue-based seminars through, interactive web technologies and resources,
opportunities for externships, face-to-face meetings and national
conferences. NLCSD will offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to pursue
individual doctoral studies and be part of a larger collaborative community
of learners. 

Participating NLCSD Consortium Members 11-05-09

IHE         Name    e-mail   D/HH     B/VI       DB The University of
Alabama   Mary Jean Sanspree                msanspree at icare.opt.uab.edu X
The University of Arizona        Shirin Antia        santia at u.arizona.edu X
Jane Erin                jerin at u.arizona.edu X Boston College  Susan Bruce
brucesu at bc.edu X California State University, Los Angeles
Diane Fazzi         dfazzi at calstatela.edu X Florida State University
Sandra Lewis     lewis at coe.fsu.edu X Gallaudet University      Cynthia Neese
Bailes     cynthia.bailes at gallaudet.edu X Georgia State University
Susan Easterbrook       seasterbrooks at gsu.edu X George Mason University
Michael Behrmann         mbehrman at gmu.edu X Illinois State University
Stacy Kelly          skelly at ilstu.edu X Maribeth Lartz
mnlartz at ilstu.edu X University of Louisville            William Penrod
wpenrod at louisville.edu X University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Mary V. Compton            mvcompto at uncg.edu X Michigan State University
Claudia M.Pagliaro                pagliaro at msu.edu X University of Minnesota
Susan Rose         srose at umn.edu X University of Northern Colorado
John Luckner     john.luckner at unco.edu X Kay A. Ferrell
kay.ferrell at unco.edu X Silvia Correa-Torres
Silvia.CorreaTorres at unco.edu X Northern Illinois University     Gaylen
Kapperman         gkapperman at niu.edu X The Ohio State University
Tiffany Wild       wild.13 at osu.edu X Peter Paul  paul.3 at osu.edu X University
of Pittsburgh                George Zimmerman       gjz at pitt.edu X San
Francisco State University    Amanda Lueck  amandal at sfsu.edu X Teachers
College Columbia University  Robert Kretschmer         rek16 at columbia.edu X
Texas Tech University   Roseanna Davidson
roseanna.davidson at ttu.edu X Nora Griffin- Shirley
n.griffin-shirley at ttu.edu X The University of Utah/ College of Education
Catherine Nelson            Cathy.Nelson at utah.edu X Vanderbilt University
Anne Marie Tharpe                anne.m.tharpe at vanderbilt.edu X Deborah
Hatton         Deborah.Hatton at Vanderbilt.Edu X Washington University in St.
Louis          William Clark     clarkw at wustl.edu X Western Michigan
University          Robert Wall Emerson                robert.wall at wmich.edu
X TOTALS          12           14           5 The NLCSD Leadership Team

Kathleen M. Huebner - Harold Johnson -NLCSD Director of NCLSD Project
Director          Research Salus University                Michigan State
University kathyh at salus.edu     hjohnson at msu.edu

Brooke C. Smith - NLCSD Project Coordinator     John Killoran - NLCSD
Liaison to the Salus University      Deafblind Community bsmith at salus.edu
Western Oregon University/NCDB killorj at wou.edu

Tina Fitzpatrick - Administrative Assistant           Glinda Hill -

Salus University               OSEP Project Director Tfitzpatrick at salus.edu
glinda.hill at ed.gov 

U.S. Office of Special Education Programs This project is supported by the
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
(Cooperative Agreement #H325V090001). Opinions expressed herein are those of
the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S.
Department of Education. 

Kathleen M. Huebner, Ph.D.

Professor & Associate Dean College of Education and Rehabilitation Salus
University 

8360 Old York Road Elkins Park, PA 19027

215 780-1361 kathyh at salus.edu

Fax 215-780-1357 Co-Director National Center for Leadership in Vision
Impairment (NCLVI) http://www.salus.edu/nclvi.htm

and Chairperson, North American & Caribbean Region of International Council
for Persons with Visual Impairments (ICEVI) http://www.icevi.org

PCO became Salus University on July 1, 2008 and pco.edu is no longer active,
so please change your address book to salus.edu. Thanks.

PLEASE NOTE: We are proud to announce that the Pennsylvania College of
Optometry established Salus University and began operating as such on July
1, 2008. 

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Save the Dates!

AER Regional Meeting Featuring COMA's O&M Conference Within a Conference
November 13-15, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio USA

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