Mission of the Interdisciplinary Faculty Council on Disability
The mission of the Interdisciplinary Faculty Council on Disability (IFC) is to foster collaboration across Temple University on disability-related projects including research, teaching, programming, publication, and grant-seeking. By connecting with one another, Council members help build community among the growing number of people at Temple whose work engages with disability.
The Council consists of approximately 30 faculty and staff from 17 programs and nine Colleges and Centers across the University, including the College of Education, Institute on Disabilities, College of Liberal Arts, Tyler School of Art, College of Health Professions and Social Work, School of Media and Communication, School of Medicine, Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts, and Disability Resources and Services.
Members of the Interdisciplinary Faculty Council on Disability
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Debra Blair, Ed.D. bio
dblair@temple.edu
Director of Assessment and Associate Professor of Instruction
Sports and Recreation Management, School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management -
Joseph R. Boyle, Ph.D. bio
Joseph.boyle@temple.edu
Associate Professor, Special Education
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies
College of Education
Areas of interest: teaching students with learning disabilities; interventions in note-taking, reading, and writing -
Eric Brunner, Ed.D.
eric.brunner@temple.edu
Assistant VP, Department of Learning and Development, Human Resources -
Ann Elizabeth Dolloff, M.Ed., CTRS bio
jetpak@temple.edu
School of Social Work
College of Public Health
Areas of interest: rehabilitation, empowerment and recovery-oriented services, the criminal justice system, behavioral health -
Sarah Drury, M.P.S. bio
sdrury@temple.edu
Department of Film and Media Arts
Center for the Arts
Areas of interest: video/sound installation, performance, sensing technologies, narrative, play -
Linda Earle bio
Professor of Practice, Arts Administration
Department of Art History
Tyler School of Art
Areas of Interest: Contemporary Art, institutional ethics, cultural equity & inclusion, managing change and artistic innovation, community engagement -
Thomas Edwards, DPS bio
tve@temple.edu
Associate Professor, Engineering Management, College of Engineering
Areas of interest: effective management of neurodiverse employees, inter-organizational learning in a Corporate Venture Capital investment and entrepreneurial success, engineer transition to managers -
Catherine Fiorello, Ph.D. bio
cfiore02@temple.edu
Department Chairperson, Psychological Studies in Education
College of Education
Areas of interest: Cognitive assessment, fairness of assessment across cultural and linguistic groups, diversity issues in school psychology, diagnostic assessment -
Nora Jones, Ph.D. bio
Nora.Jones@temple.edu
Associate Director, Center for Bioethics, Urban Health, and Policy
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Areas of interest: urban bioethics, medical education, medical anthropology -
Lisa Kay, Ed.D. bio
lisakay@temple.edu
Chair, Art Education and Community Arts Practices
Tyler School of Art
Areas of interest: art education, art therapy, narrative storytelling, resilience, art making and adolescent girls who have experienced trauma, arts-based research methods -
Dustin Kidd, Ph.D. bio
dkidd@temple.edu
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Sociology
Director, Intellectual Heritage
College of Liberal Arts
Areas of interest: popular culture and art, disability representations and disability activism online -
Beth Levine, M.S., CCC-SLP bio
beth.levine@temple.edu
Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Public Health
Areas of interest: clinical education and services, speech and language pathology -
Wendy Magee, Ph.D. bio
wmagee@temple.edu
Music Therapy
Boyer College of Music and Dance
Center for the Arts
Areas of interest: music therapy practice in neurology and rehabilitation, treatment methods and measurement tools, assistive technologies for music-making, queer identity -
Wendy Osterweil, M.F.A. bio
www.wendyosterweil.com
Art Education, Tyler School of Art
Center for the Arts
Areas of interest: community arts, printmaking, fiber art -
Jo-Ellen Ross, Ph.D.
jross@temple.edu
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Public Health
Areas of interest: the meaning of leisure for persons with disabilities and their families; community inclusion through recreation, leisure, and play; and efficacy of therapeutic recreation interventions. Additionally, she is very interested in program development and evaluation as well as disabilities issues, life satisfaction, quality of life, overall wellness, and assistive technology. -
Mark Salzer, Ph.D. bio
mark.salzer@temple.edu
Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Public Health
Director, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Areas of interest: psychiatric disabilities, community inclusion, community mental health and rehabilitation services -
Jeremy Schipper, Ph.D. bio
schipper@temple.edu
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible
Department of Religion, College of Liberal Arts
Areas of interest: the Hebrew Bible, biblical narrative, disability in biblical and related ancient Near Eastern texts -
Gerald Silk, Ph.D. bio
gsilk@temple.edu
Art History, Tyler School of Art
Center for the Arts
Areas of interest: modern and contemporary art, censorship, portraiture, Italian modernism, the Sixties, technological iconography, animal and human rights and ethics in art -
Michael W. Smith, Ph.D. bio
mwsmith@temple.edu
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs and Faculty Affairs
Office of the Dean, College of Education
Areas of interest: teaching and learning literature and composition, adolescents' in and out of school literacies, boys and school achievement -
Gretchen Snethen, Ph.D., CTRS bio
gsnethen@temple.edu
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Public Health
Areas of interest: Community participation of adults with serious mental illnesses, barriers and facilitators of participation, active transportation, leisure -
Matt Tincani, Ph.D. bio
tincani@temple.edu
Associate Professor, Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis Programs
Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies, College of Education
Areas of interest: learners with autism spectrum disorder, applied behavior analysis, positive behavior support -
Betsy Leebron Tutelman, Ph.D. bio
betsy.tutelman@temple.edu
Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Communications
Professor of Media Studies and Production,
School of Media and Communications
Areas of interest: campus-wide initiatives and leadership, entrepreneurship -
Shannon Walters, Ph.D. bio
shannon.walters@temple.edu
Department of English
College of Liberal Arts
Areas of interest: rhetoric and composition, disability studies, women's studies, science and technology, critical animal studies, graphic narrative -
Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, Ph.D. bio
kimmika.williams-witherspoon@temple.edu
Associate Professor of Urban Theater and Community Engagement
Department of Theater, Film and Media Arts, Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts
Areas of interest: playwriting, spoken word, anthropology, African-American theater