Teach Access Fellowship Program

 

A collaboration between Teach Access and partner higher education institutions to further advocacy, support, and work for teaching accessibility. 

Overview

The Teach Access 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.    

As a Teach Access Fellow, you will:

  • Learn from leading experts in accessibility and disability inclusion
  • Develop and implement innovative approaches to teaching accessibility in your course(s)
  • Collaborate with other educators to further advocacy, support, and work for teaching accessibility
  • Receive mentorship and guidance from professionals in academia and industry
  • Earn a stipend to support your Fellowship work

Join us in our mission to make technology and design more accessible for all people with disabilities. Apply now to become a Teach Access Fellow and make a difference in equipping learners to build toward an inclusive world.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Work as faculty or academic support staff in a higher educational institution in the United States or Puerto Rico. 
  • Have a basic understanding of disability and accessibility.
  • Have the availability to participate in a year-long professional development program. As part of the program, fellows are required to attend 12 synchronous Zoom sessions (seven in the spring and five in the fall). They are also required to complete asynchronous work related to building curricular materials for teaching accessibility in their courses. 

Curriculum

The Teach Access Fellowship is a 12-month program. The estimated time commitment for each month is approximately 5 hours. Fellows are expected to attend all sessions and complete all work. 

During spring, Fellows are supported in understanding the fundamentals of disability and accessibility, and in planning on how to teach these to their students. Throughout the summer, Fellows work on creating at least two curricular materials to teach accessibility fundamental concepts and skills in their courses. Fellows will receive support from Teach Access as needed. During the fall, Fellows are supported in teaching accessibility fundamental concepts and skills to their students and in strategizing how to incorporate accessibility principles into the curriculum.

Teach Access Fellowship Program. Make a difference in equipping learners to build toward an inclusive world. Sponsored by Microsoft and Evinced.

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

Pilot Program (Spring 2023)

  • 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