Program Access People

Here you will find the names and contact information for the people behind the grant.

• Principal Investigator
  • David Lovelock, Professor of Mathematics (Ph.D. 1962, joined UA 1974). Recipient of UA Provost's Teaching Award, and the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Teaching and High Scholarly Standards. Recipient of the MAA Regional Award for Distinguished University Teaching of Mathematics. Co-authored the university wide plan for the incorporation of instructional computing into all disciplines. Instructor in the NSF funded summer workshops for retraining middle and high school teachers (Making Everybody Count, Making Math Count, and PRISM). Past editor of the AMES newsletter.
    • Personal webpage, click here.

• Co-Principal Investigators
  • Georgia Ehlers, Coordinator of Grant & Scholarship Development, UA Graduate College, (M.S. in Community & Regional Planning 1977, joined UA 1993). Develops new programs in support of graduate education and research. She works directly with students and has developed programs for Project ACCESS, a program to encourage minority students to seek graduate education. She has 27 years of experience in community planning and development. She received services for an orthopedic impairment in middle school.
  • Glen C. Gerhard, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Interim Head (Ph.D. 1963, joined UA 1990). Emeritus Professor, former Director of the Biomedical Engineering Center at the University of New Hampshire (1967-91). Interests include removal of architectural barriers in instructional facilities, especially lab, and the development and use of innovative technology to enhance learning for disabled students.
  • Kent Kloepping, Director of Center for Disability Related Resources since 1975 (Ed.D. in Rehabilitation 1972, joined UA 1967). Been a PI for 15-20 research grants. Physically disabled for 52 years.
  • Ali Mehrabian, Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. Physically disabled for more than 10 years. Member of several advisory committees for student affairs and ADA task committees. President of the Organization of Students with Disabilities, and former president of the Association of Students with Disabilities. Elected representative of the College of Engineering to the Graduate and Professional Student Council.
  • John Olson, Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Physically disabled entire life. Appointed member of the Southern Arizona MDA Task Force on Public Awareness and several other disability organizations. Vice-President of the Organization of Students with Disabilities. Gives talks to elementary school students about disabilities and being disabled.
    • Personal webpage, click here.
  • Alwyn Scott, Professor of Mathematics (Ph.D. 1961, joined UA 1987). Author of "Stairway To The Mind - The Controversial New Science of Consciousness", "Active and Nonlinear Propagation in Electronics", and "Neurophysics". Founding editor of "Physica D - Nonlinear Phenomena" and founding director of the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos. Physically disabled for over 10 years.

• Advisory Group
  • Jonathan Alberding, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, UA, physically disabled.
  • William Bickel, Professor of Physics and University Distinguished Professor, UA.
  • David Corsi, Disability Specialist, Center for Disability Related Resources, UA.
  • Jennifer Croissant, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UA.
  • Richard Greenberg, Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, UA, Director of Science and Mathematics Education Center.
  • Thomas J. Hixon, Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Director of the National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders, Dean of the Graduate College, Assistant Vice President for Research at UA.
  • Eric Olson, Optical Engineering Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA, physically disabled. Officer of the Organization of Students with Disabilities. Electronics and Electro-optics Engineer for 27 years, Chief Engineer and Vice President of Engineering. Has experience in Technical Marketing—where a technically-aware engineer obtains contracts from powerful people in industry—and in Headhunting.
  • Terri Riffe, Director of the University Teaching Center and the Faculty Development Partnership, UA.
  • Jerzy Rozenblit, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA.
  • Tod Santee, Environmental Biology Teacher, Tucson High Math Science Magnet School, Tucson Unified School District, physically disabled.
  • Noël White, Program Coordinator, Department of Career Services, UA, physically disabled.