University Consortium

Guiding Principles 2/1/10

We commit to the following:

  1. Keeping foremost in our minds the long-range objectives of increasing the number and quality of leadership personnel who will ultimately influence improved services for infants, children, and youth who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/low vision, and deafblind, including those with multiple disabilities.
  2. Listening to and considering all perspectives expressed by members.
  3. Ensuring that all communication and processes are accessible to all consortium members.
  4. Acknowledging and respecting that university programs operate differently.
  5. Agreeing to give priority to outcome-oriented agenda items and if we fail to reach consensus, revisiting the item at a future time or appointing to a committee to resolve.
  6. Changing decisions must be based on the consensus of the full consortium.
  7. Respecting and promoting diversity in all its many forms and at all times.
  8. Selecting one’s proxy from among other consortium members and notifying NLCSD Director when not able to be present.
  9. Keeping the Fellows’ well-being and workload in mind and as a priority in our work and in our decisions.
  10. Understanding and acknowledging OSEP’s roles and responsibilities within the cooperative agreement.
Participating NLCSD Consortium Members as of 01.06.2010
IHE Name Email D/HH B/VI DB
Boston College Susan Bruce brucesu@bc.edu     DB
California State University,
Los Angeles		 Cheryl Kamei-Hannan ckameih@calstatela.edu   B/VI  
Florida State University Sandra Lewis slewis@ fsu.edu   B/VI  
George Mason University Holly Lawson hlawson2@gmu.edu   B/VI  
Michael Behrmann mbehrman@gmu.edu
Georgia State University Susan Easterbrooks seasterbrooks@gsu.edu D/HH    
Illinois State University Stacy Kelly skelly@ilstu.edu   B/VI  
Maribeth Lartz mnlartz@ilstu.edu D/HH    
Michigan State University Claudia M.Pagliaro pagliaro@msu.edu D/HH    
Northern Illinois University Gaylen Kapperman gkapperman@niu.edu   B/VI  
The Ohio State University Tiffany Wild wild.13@osu.edu   B/VI  
Peter Paul paul.3@osu.edu D/HH    
Portland State University Jim Bickford bickford@pdx.edu   B/VI  
San Francisco State University Amanda Lueck amandal@sfsu.edu   B/VI  
Teachers College,
Columbia University		 Robert Kretschmer rek16@columbia.edu D/HH    
Texas Tech University  
Candace Hicks Candace.hicks@ttuhsc.edu D/HH    
Nora Griffin- Shirley n.griffin-shirley@ttu.edu   B/VI  
Roseanna Davidson roseanna.davidson@ttu.edu     DB
University of Alabama Mary Jean Sanspree Sanspree@uab.edu     DB
University of Arizona Shirin Antia santia@u.arizona.edu D/HH    
Jane Erin jerin@u.arizona.edu   B/VI  
University of Louisville TBN     B/VI  
University of Minnesota Susan Rose srose@umn.edu D/HH    
University of
North Carolina at Greensboro		 Mary V. Compton mvcompto@uncg.edu D/HH    
University of Northern Colorado John Luckner john.luckner@unco.edu D/HH    
Kay Alicyn Ferrell kay.ferrell@unco.edu   B/VI  
Silvia Correa-Torres Silvia.Correa-Torres@unco.edu     DB
University of Pittsburgh George Zimmerman gjz@pitt.edu   B/VI  
The University of Utah/ College of Education Catherine Nelson Cathy.Nelson@utah.edu     DB
Vanderbilt University Anne Marie Tharpe anne.m.tharpe@vanderbilt.edu D/HH    
Deborah Hatton Deborah.Hatton@Vanderbilt.Edu   B/VI  
Washington University
in St. Louis		 William Clark clarkw@wustl.edu D/HH    
Western Michigan University Robert Wall Emerson robert.wall@wmich.edu    B/VI  
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