Teach Access Fellowship Program

The Fellowship Program engages educators and administrators to create purposeful communities of action for teaching and advocating for accessibility. Over the course of a year, Fellows are supported in learning how accessibility informs their practice, in teaching about it to others, and in strategizing for embedding it into the curriculum.    

Fellowship Program Summer Institute

The Teach Access Fellowship Summer Institute is a new, intensive, hands-on program focused on helping educators create instructional materials to teach accessibility topics in their courses. Grounded in Teach Access’s mission to advance accessibility education through mentorship and applied learning, the Institute offers opportunities for collaboration, feedback, and continued support as participants implement their materials in the fall.

The program includes four 2-hour sessions in July, fall office hours, and a wrap-up showcase in December. Fellows are expected to attend all July sessions and the December showcase and are strongly encouraged to attend at least two office hours in the fall.

The Summer Institute is open to alumni of Teach Access programs (Fellowship Program, Faculty Grants, or Teach Access by Design), as well as educators in the United States and Puerto Rico who have taught accessibility for at least one academic term.

Program Requirements

Summer Institute Fellows are expected to fully engage in the 4-week professional development program by attending four synchronous Zoom sessions, participating in follow-up support sessions in the fall, and completing assigned activities.

They are also expected to develop instructional materials by choosing one of the following options:

  • either create three curricular materials (such as a discussion prompt, an assignment, and a learning activity) to teach accessibility within at least one course, OR
  • develop two lessons focused on one or more accessibility-related topics.

All materials will be shared publicly through the Teach Access Curriculum Repository under a Creative Commons license that allows reuse with proper attribution.

Finally, Fellows are required to prepare a case study summarizing their project, its impact, and the effectiveness of the implemented materials (a template and supporting resources will be provided by Teach Access).

Program Schedule

Summer sessions:

  • Tuesday, July 7, 2026, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET.
  • Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET.
  • Tuesday, July 21, 2026, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET.
  • Tuesday, July 28, 2026, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm ET.

Fall Office Hours:

  • Tuesday August 14, 2026, from 11:00am – 12:00pm ET.
  • Thursday September 17, 2026, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET.
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026, from 11:00am – 12:00pm ET.
  • Thursday November 12, 2026, from 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET.

Program Wrap-up/Showcase

  • Tuesday, December 8, 2026, from 1:00-3:00pm ET

Application

The 2026 cohort is limited to 30 participants. Applications will be reviewed through a competitive selection process. The application should take approximately 15–20 minutes to complete.

 

  • Please submit your application by Friday, May 22, 2026 (11:59 PM).
  • Applicants will be notified of their status by Friday, May 29, 2026.
  • Selected participants must confirm their acceptance by Friday, June 5, 2026.
Apply to the Summer Institute

Teach Access Fellows

2025 Cohort

  • Abdelfattah Amamra, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • Alex Rockey, Bakersfield College
  • Alihan Hadimlioglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • Brianna Posadas, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
  • Denisse Meléndez Serrano, Inter American University of Puerto Rico
  • Haitham Alkhateeb, University of Baltimore
  • Hajar Homayouni, San Diego State University
  • Hossein Shirazi, San Diego State University
  • José Antonio Rodríguez Arroyo, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
  • Lee Hibbard, University of Michigan
  • Martine Foreman, Carroll Community College
  • Mary-Colleen Jenkins, University of Washington – Seattle Campus
  • Marzieh Ayati, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Megan Ritchie, University of Miami
  • Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University – Kingsville
  • Rebecca Clark-Stallkamp, East Carolina University
  • Ruth Mercado-Cruz, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
  • Sergei Chuprov, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Shavonda Jackson, Alcorn State University
  • Valeta Wensloff, Michigan State University

2024 Cohort

  • Amanda Cote, Michigan State University
  • Amina Ayodeji-Ogundiran, Bowie State University
  • Carly Lesoski, Dartmouth College
  • Casey McArdle, Michigan State University
  • Daisy Muralles, California State University, East Bay
  • Deanna Fassett, San José State University
  • Fernando Román, Atlantic University Puerto Rico
  • Geneene Thompson, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Isabell May, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Javeed Kittur, The University of Oklahoma
  • Jude Okolie, The University of Oklahoma
  • Luis Alvarado, American University
  • Lynn Baldwin, Madison Area Technical College
  • Megan Kohler, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Paul Miller, Montgomery College
  • Samala Lewis, Carroll Community College
  • Sameer Patil, University of Utah
  • Sara Shunkwiler, Johns Hopkins University
  • Sean Tingle, Arizona State University
  • Vanesa Santiago Ríos, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon Campus

2023 Cohort

  • Akira Kawaguchi – CUNY The City College of New York
  • Brittany Butler – CSU East Bay
  • Chen Wang – CSU Fullerton
  • Devorah Kletenik – CUNY Brooklyn College
  • David Daniel Bogumil – CSU Northridge
  • Eva-Maria Sofianos – CUNY Lehman College
  • Joe Bautista – CSU Northridge
  • John T. Drew – CSU Fullerton
  • Kumar Ramansenthi – CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  • Lorraine Githiora – CUNY 
  • Mark Farquhar – CSU Northridge
  • Oscar Marin – CSU Northridge 
  • Sarah A. Meyer – CSU Poly Pomona
  • Shally Juarez – CSU Northridge
  • Shubha Kashinath – CSU East Bay
  • Suzanne David – CSU Northridge
  • Vickie Yu – CSU Northridge
  • Ching-Song (Don) Wei – CUNY Borough of Manhattan College
  • Tatiana Anderson – CUNY College of Staten Island
  • Marc Thompson – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign