Service

Stephanie has a rock-solid belief that service — to students, colleagues, her profession, her fields of interest, and the causes she supports — is essential to expressing her gratitude for their important roles in her journey and to shaping the future for next generations. Sometimes it means she never has a dull moment (or an uninterrupted vacation), but she wouldn’t have it any other way. 

She has a particular commitment to service to the field of deaf education, which is experiencing a large turnover. Senior scholars are retiring at a time when the compression of the tenure stream faculty has left people like Stephanie with some huge shoes to fill — a challenge she is humbled and dedicated to meet. 

Editorial and Journal Service 

  • Co-Editor | Perspectives in Deafness Book Series. Oxford University Press.

  • Associate Editor | Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

  • Principal Reviewer | Journal of Educational Psychology

  • Editorial Board Member | Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability; American Annals of the Deaf; Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Committee and Board Service 

  • Co-Founder and Co-Chair | Disabled Faculty Equity Council at UT Austin

  • Advisory Board | School Psychology Forum

  • Student with Disabilities Assessment Advisory Task Force | Council of Chief State School Officers

  • Technical Advisory Committee | National Center on Educational Outcomes

  • Technical Advisory Committee | ELPA21 Assessment Consortium at UCLA

  • Advisory Committee of Assessment of English Language Learners | Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

  • Diversity Panel | National Committee on Measurement in Education and Association on Higher Education and Disability 

  • Advancing ALTELLA Assessment Advisory Task Force | WIDA Consortium at University of Wisconsin at Madison

  • CAAELP Assessment Advisory Task Force | CRESST at University of California at Los Angeles

Professional Memberships

  • American Educational Research Association | Chair, Best Paper Award for Inclusion & Accommodation in Educational Assessment.

  • National Council on Measurement in Education

  • National Association of School Psychologists

  • American Psychological Association

  • Association of College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Personally, Stephanie is a staunch supporter of human rights and the American Civil Liberties Union, protection of wildlife areas and the national park system, and animal rescue and shelters such as Austin Pets Alive and Street Cat Rescue.