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.

Teach Access Fellows

2026 Summer Institute Cohort

  • Alice Casanova, Albizu University
  • Alihan Hadimlioglu, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
  • Antonia Levy, CUNY School of Professional Studies
  • Brianna Shuttleworth, Seton Hall University
  • Chen Wang, California State University, Fullerton
  • Frances Santiago Hernández, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
  • Haitham Alkhateeb, University of Baltimore
  • Hajar Homayouni, San Diego State University
  • Hossein Shirazi, San Diego State University
  • Kristen Cole, San José State University
  • Iliana Ballester-Panelli, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
  • Isabell May, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Irina Knokh, University of Michigan-Michigan Medicine
  • Jennifer Kowalski, Lehigh University
  • Jessica Handley, University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
  • Jude Okolie, Bucknell University
  • Leila Lester, Southern Methodist University
  • Lisa Dunkley, East Tennessee State University
  • Marie Frank, University of Massachusetts – Lowell
  • Mary-Colleen Jenkins, University of Washington – Seattle Campus
  • Michael Canale, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Nicholas Alexander, Atlantic Cape Community College
  • Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University – Kingsville
  • Renata Endres, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Rua Williams, Purdue University
  • Ruth Mercado-Cruz, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
  • Shavonda Jackson, Alcorn State University
  • Suzanne David, California State University, Northridge
  • Tamanna Motahar, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Tracy Stuntz, Clovis Community College

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

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