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 DIVERSITY WORK GROUP

The NECTC created a national group of individuals representing significant disabilities and diverse cultures and languages to assist the Center in enhancing understanding of, and successful approaches to, diversity across all phases of the project. Diversity Work Group members provide input in the design of the study, in interpreting the data, and in assisting in the development of training materials. Diversity work group members identified to date include:


M. Parker Anderson, M.A.
The Anderson Advantage Group
Washington, DC


Isaura Barrera Ph.D.
College of Education,
University of New Mexico


Sophie Bertrand, M.A
.
UNM Center for Development & Disability 


Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Family Studies
University of Kentucky


Amy June Rowley, M.S.
University of Wisconsin-Madison


Rachelle G. Saceda, M.S.

Oregon Child Development Coalition


Rosa (Amy) Santos, Ph.D
.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Alan Sugawara, Ph.D.

Oregon State University and
the Old Mill Center for Children and Families


Justine Strickland, M.Ed.
Director, Children with Special Needs Georgia
Department of Human Resources 


Ann Terrell, M.S.
Milwaukee Public Schools
Milwaukee, WI
Lynette Aytch, Psy.D
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina


Lynson Moore Beaulieu
Chief Operations Officer, La Causa, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin


Deborah Chen, Ph.D.
California State University, Northridge


S. Jo Lewis, M.Ed.

Indian Community School of Milwaukee, Inc.


My-Van Nguyen
Dale McIntosh Center
Garden Grove, CA


Sylvia Sanchez, Ed.D
.
George Mason University


Paula Seanez

Division of Dine Education, Executive Director
Window Rock, Arizona 


Amy Lin Tan, Ph.D
.
Sacramento City Unified City School District


Christine Begay Vining, M.S.
Rio Rancho, New Mexico


Dao Xiong, A.A.
PACER Center


Chun Zhang, Ph.D.
Fordham University




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