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Holly Lawson, Ph.D., TVI Program Coordinator, Visually Impaired Learner (VIL) Licensure Program
Street address: Portland State University
College of Education Special Education
1900 SW Fourth Ave, FAB Room 280H
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Mailing address: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone: 503.725.5495
Fax: 503.725.5599
Email: hlawson@pdx.edu
Amy Parker, Ed.D., O&M Program Coordinator
Dr. Amy Parker has over 23 years experience in working with people who are visually impaired and deafblind as an employment specialist, independent living teacher, in-home parent trainer and advocate. She received her doctorate in special education with an emphasis in deafblindness and a certification in orientation and mobility in 2009 through an OSEP funded leadership and enrichment fellowship. With experience in teaching online graduate level courses in low-incidence disabilities and a background in conducting single-subject studies, Dr. Parker brings an ability to build relevant, engaging, online learning content that is grounded in research. Using participatory methodologies with community stakeholders, she has worked to design accessible multimedia learning modules for national technical assistance and personnel preparation. Her research interests include: orientation and mobility for individuals with complex disabilities; communication interventions; participatory action research with people with disabilities and their families; and community-based partnerships to create social change.
Street address: Portland State University
College of Education Special Education
1900 SW Fourth Ave, FAB Room 280H
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Mailing address: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
Email: atp5@pdx.edu
Raychel Callary, M.S.Ed., COMS, O&M Faculty
Raychel Callary is a certified orientation and mobility specialist who works mostly with adults over 55 in eastern Washington, providing instruction in orientation and mobility and daily living skills. She received an M.S. in special education from Northern Illinois University, and has maintained certification in orientation and mobility since 2008. As a child, Raychel learned by observing a blind adult that vision loss does not need to be a barrier to independence. She draws from this core principle to advocate for increased accessibility in her local community, and to approach clients with respect and a pragmatic attitude. Raychel brings her experience as a practitioner to students in the O&M program, emphasizing the benefits of utilizing learners' life experiences and goals to provide meaningful instruction.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
Email: rcallary@pdx.edu
Dr. Hong "Nana" Phangia Dewald, Ph.D., COMS, Faculty
Dr. Hong "Nana" Phangia Dewald is an Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) and a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI). She has worked in the field of blindness and visual impairment for over 15 years, mainly in the area of orientation and mobility (O&M). She currently works as a COMS at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind (USDB) and provides O&M services to children in several school districts across the state of Utah and in USDB’s Parent Infant Program for the Blind and Visually Impaired (PIP-BVI). Nana is passionate about O&M for very young children with visual impairment and is a strong supporter of early intervention. She has been working for the past several years with USDB’s PIP-BVI team to increase the presence of O&M services in early intervention and make it more available and accessible to families of children with visual impairment in the state of Utah in both in-person and remote formats.
Nana received her doctorate in Special Education with an emphasis in visual impairment and O&M in 2019. She lives in Park City, Utah with her husband and young daughter and enjoys travel, time with family, group fitness activities, and world cuisine.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
Email: hong.phangiadewald@gmail.com
Gina Michelle, Faculty
Gina Michell is a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments in Southern California and a Faculty Lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA). Gina draws on her prior experience as a general education teacher to build comprehensive and meaningful programs for her students with visual impairments. Her passions are teaching reading and the expanded core curriculum (ECC). Gina’s grant projects include content editor for the iBraille Challenge (iBC) and Reading and Writing Adventure Time Mobile Apps, funded through the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), project manager for Stepping Up Technologies; Braille Brain, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), and online course development grants through Cal State LA in partnership with Quality Matters (QM).
Email: gmichell@pdx.edu
Genevieve Francour-Anderson, Adjunct Faculty
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751
Email: genev5@pdx.edu
Lily Orrey, Graduate Student Worker
Lily is a current masters student in the College of Education's Relationship and Family Counseling program at Portland State University. She works within the VIL and O&M programs doing administrative and program support, and on the team for the annual Mobility Matters Summit. She holds a bachelor's in Dance from Western Washington University.
Email: lilorrey@pdx.edu
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