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A new article in the September issue of the Journal of Faculty Development, From Access to Inclusion: A Faculty Learning Community Curriculum, was co-authored by Dr. Stephanie Cawthon and Drs. Sara Schley, Carol Marchetti, and W. Scot Atkins.The Access to Inclusion project designed and implemented a semester-long professional development program…

Dr. Stephanie Cawthon will present a live online workshop, Deaf Students with Learning Disabilities: Frameworks, Data, and Strategies for Support and Success, to the annual conference of the Canadian Educators Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CAEDHH-BC 2021) on Friday, October 22. Born in Canada, Dr. Cawthon is…

This is the second in a series of HDCLS area chair updates by Dr. Stephanie Cawthon, written for Human Development, Culture and Learning Sciences (HDCLS) students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Educational Psychology at the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. The first update…

Dr. Stephanie Cawthon has been appointed an affiliate of the Center for Research to Community Impact (CRCI), an interdisciplinary research center at The University of Texas at Austin that is committed to addressing and eliminating disparities in education and health among underserved populations. She joins nine other distinguished faculty members…

This is a guest blog post written by Ana Guadalupe Vielma, one of Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s mentees. Ana is a third-year doctoral student in the Human Development, Culture, and Learning Sciences in the Department of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. Recently featured among St. Edward’s University’s 200…

Believe it or not — as students head back to school and we await pumpkin spice everything — preparations for Fall 2022 graduate school admissions are already underway! I am seeking up to two new doctoral students for the Fall 2022 cohort. Is this you? Read more to find out. Who am…

Every few months, I get a variation of the same request. “Hello, Dr. Cawthon! I want to do a thesis on and want to ask you questions about the .” I wholeheartedly support the exploration of these topics. I truly wish I could meet with every student who wants to learn more…

At any given time, approximately 25% of Americans are disabled — a status that can range from needing a wheelchair (either permanently or temporarily) to having a learning disability that needs accommodations at school or work. But how are colleges preparing students to teach, manage, care for, and interact with disabled…

Dr. Stephanie Cawthon’s proposed session for 2022 SXSW EDU, The Tyranny of Low Expectations: Ableism in EDU, needs your vote! Make sure disability, equity, and access are part of the trending topics in education in 2022 by taking a minute to go to the session’s page, enter your email address,…

Learning disabilities are the most prevalent disability in children who receive special education services.Yet for deaf students, many challenges and misunderstandings persist in accurate identification of their learning disabilities and design of learning environments for them.That is the topic Dr. Stephanie W. Cawthon will address in her September 24 keynote…