Mentees
Stephanie’s commitment to being a mentor goes beyond advising students within their undergraduate and graduate programs. She considers it her personal responsibility to create opportunity, promote success, and raise the rigor of their work and accomplishments. Under her mentorship, they learn how to think deeply, collaborate effectively, solve complex problems, and embrace differences and allyship.
In addition to students, Stephanie is a 2023 mentor in the Provost’s Mentored Faculty Scholars Program.
Her mentees are changemakers who are building better futures in a wide variety of fields and pursuits. But they all have one thing in common — Stephanie is eternally in their corner, encouraging them to greater heights and feeling lucky she gets to work with such exceptional people.
Recipient of a 2024 UT Austin Graduate School Continuing Fellowship for major accomplishments, Ryan is on the Leadership Team of the National Disability Center for Student Success, serving as the Coordinator of Student Partnerships and was Project Coordinator of the Collaborative.
Part of multiple research teams, Paige seeks to improve assessment and services for deaf youth. Her peer-reviewed publications have focused on trauma and resilience. She earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology with a specialization in School Psychology in 2022
Dr. Jassal is a neuropsychologist and postdoctoral fellow in pediatric neuropsychology at Children's Hospital Colorado, which treats more children than any hospital in its seven-state region. With a passion for living life to the fullest, Dr. Jassal embraces growth and joy in all she does.
Motivating people and optimizing organizational performance is what Jason does best, usually with great panache. On Stephanie’s watch list for most likely to succeed, Jason taught her everything she knows about being a Texan (and a passionate Longhorn sports fan).
An assistant professor in Gallaudet University, Oscar has a passion for finding the “why” in understanding a deaf child’s home language. While at UT Austin, he was part of Stephanie’s research team for a federal technical assistance grant.
Claire was awarded her doctorate in 2024. She received a $20,000 national doctoral dissertation award for her research, which focuses on improving measures available to identify mental health issues in deaf children, and held multiple competitive fellowships.
A former McNair Scholar and one of St. Edward’s University’s 200 impactful alumni, Ana graduated with her doctorate from the Department of Educational Psychology at UT Austin in 2024 at just 25 years old. Her research focuses on first-generation and underrepresented students in higher education.
Recently appointed Assistant Professor at Texas A&M’s Department of Teaching, Learning and Culture, Dr. James-Gallaway was selected as a 2019 Ford Foundation Fellow — one of just 36 doctoral students nationwide to receive the honor for superior academic achievement in education.
Dr. Schoffstall provides child psychology clinical services as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Stephanie served as her doctoral adviser and dissertation chair, including her on a research team for a federal technical assistance grant.
Natasha is a 2020 Surge Institute Fellow, awarded to emerging African-American and Latinx leaders who create transformative change in education. As Director of Secondary Partnerships at OneGoal, she is inspired to find actionable solutions to the systemic barriers faced by urban scholars.
An Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, Dr. Judd-Glossy is a licensed pediatric psychologist at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. She is an expert in the care of children with chronic medical conditions and how caregivers can support and empower them.