ACCESS-ed Staff
The ACCESS-ed Team
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Roger O. Smith, OT, Ph.D., FAOTA, Fellow RESNA
Director, Rehabilitation Research, Design and Disability Center (R2D2)
background: Occupational Therapy and Industrial Engineering
Dave Edyburn, Ph.D.
Center Director of Training and Dissemination
background: Instructional Technology and Exceptional Education
Aura Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C.
Universal Design Field Coordinator and Trainer
background: Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling
Kathy Rust, M.S., OT
Research Coordinator
background: Occupational Therapy
Cheryl Locher, B.S.
Research Program Manager
background: Business Management
Randy Will, B.S.
Instrumentation Technologist
background: Biomedical Engineering and Accessible Design
Tereza Snyder, B.F.A.
Instrumentation Technologist
background: Programming and Graphic Design
Todd Schwanke, MSE, ATP
Access Specialist, McBurney Disability Resource Center UW-Madison
background: Rehabilitation Engineering and Accessible Design
Student Staff:
Keith Edyburn
Technical Student Assistant
background: Engineering and Computer Science
Margaret Kastner, B.S.
Graduate Student Assistant
background: Occupational Therapy
Jungeun Kim, B.S.
Graduate Student Assistant
background: Occupational Therapy
Kristiana Maggard, B.S.
Graduate Student Assistant
background: Occupational Therapy
Rochelle Mendonca, M.S.
Graduate Student Assistant
background: Occupational Therapy
Partners, Affiliates, and Advisors:
Denis Anson, Consultant/Advisor
Director of Research and Development, Assistive Technology Research Institute, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
Robert Christiaansen, Advisor
Professor Emeritus, Occupational Therapy, UW-Madison
Colleen Barnett, Advisor
Coordinator for Student Accessibility, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
Norman Coombs, Advisor
Professor Emeritus , Rochester Institute of Technology
CEO, EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information)
Laurie Petersen, Advisor
Current President, WI AHEAD, Student Accessibility Center, UW-Milwaukee
Vicki Groser, Advisor
Past Director, Student Accessibility Center, UW-Milwaukee
Daryl F. Mellard, Advisor
Research Associate, Center for Research on Learning
Director, Division of Adult Studies, University of Kansas
Tim O'Connor, Partnership Coordinator and Advisor, UW-Madison
Senior Student Services Coordinator, Testing and Evaluation Services, University of Wisconsin Center for Placement Testing, Madison, WI
Current chair, UW System President's Advisory Committee on Disability Issues
Salvador Carranza, Advisor
Senior Institutional Planner Office of Academic & Student Servic, University of Wisconsin System Administration
Tom LoGuidice, Partnership Coordinator
Director, Teaching and Excellence Center, UW-Platteville
June Reinert, Partnership Coordinator
Coordinator, Disability Resources Services, UW-LaCrosse
Renee Kirby, Partnership Coordinator
Director, Disability Resources Services.UW-Parkside
Robert McCallister, Partnership Coordinator
Associate Professor, Geography, UW-Rock County
Craig Hurst, Partnership Coordinator
Professor,Music Department, UW-Waukesha
Brian Schultz, Partnership Coordinator
Coordinator, Disability Resource Services, University of Wisconsin Colleges
Elizabeth Watson, Partnership Coordinator
Director, Disability Resource Services, UW-Whitewater
Erica Sander, DARC Manager
Professor Emeritus, Human Movement Sciences Department, UW-Milwaukee
Connie Schroeder, DARC Manager
Assistant Director, Center for Instructional and Professional Development, UW-Milwaukee



