Â鶹ֱ²¥ Alliance for Students With Disabilities
The "Â鶹ֱ²¥ Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM" is a collaborative effort
involving Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Â鶹ֱ²¥, and Auburn
University at Montgomery, Central Â鶹ֱ²¥ Community College, Southern Union State
Community College, the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Institute for the Deaf and Blind, and six school districts
in East-Central Â鶹ֱ²¥: Lee, Chambers, Elmore, Montgomery, Macon, and Tallapoosa
County school systems. The Alliance has the following four major goals:
Goal 1: Increase the Quality of Students with Disabilities Completing Associate and Baccalaureate
Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Disciplines;
Goal 2: Increase the Number of Students with Disabilities Completing Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees in STEM Disciplines and entering STEM graduate degrees or STEM workforce;
Goal 3: Increase the Number of Students with Disabilities Completing Graduate Degrees in STEM Disciplines; and
Goal 4: Increase the Number of High School Students with Disabilities Going to College.
This unique alliance, which includes two Historically Black Universities, Tuskegee University and Â鶹ֱ²¥, builds upon established STEM bridge programs to include female and minority students with disabilities.
The Â鶹ֱ²¥ Alliance has an internal evaluation team and an external evaluator who will lead the independent formative and summative project evaluations. The team consists of:
| Â鶹ֱ²¥ Carl Pettis, Principal Investigator e-Mail: cpettis@alasu.edu |
| Auburn University Overtoun Jenda, Principal Investigator & Project Director e-Mail: jendaov@auburn.edu Ash Abebe, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: abebeas@auburn.edu Daniela Marghitu, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: marghda@auburn.edu Caroline Dunn, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: dunnca1@auburn.edu |
| Auburn University at Montgomery Glen Ray, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: gray@aum.edu |
| Tuskegee University Mohammed Qazi, Principal Investigator e-Mail: QaziMA@aol.com |
| Central Â鶹ֱ²¥ Community College Michael Lovett, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: mlovett@cacc.cc.al |
| Southern Union Community College Mary Jean White, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: mjwhite@suscc.edu |
| Gary Branch, Co-Principal Investigator e-Mail: gbranch@suscc.edu |