Collaborative Research: Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM (AASD-STEM)
AASD-STEM Summer REU
AASD-STEM Bridge Brochure and Application Form
Sixth Annual AASD-STEM Conference
Fifth Annual AASD-STEM Conference
Fourth Annual AASD-STEM Conference
Third Annual AASD-STEM Conference
Second Annual AASD-STEM Conference
First Annual AASD-STEM Conference
The "Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM" is a collaborative effort involving Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Alabama State University, and Auburn University at Montgomery, Southern Union State Community College, the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, and six school districts in East-Central Alabama: 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 Alabama State University, builds upon established STEM bridge programs to include female and minority students with disabilities. The Alabama Alliance has an internal evaluation team and an external evaluator who will lead the independent formative and summative project evaluations.
Alabama State University
Carl Pettis cpettis@alasu.edu (Principal Investigator)
Auburn University
Overtoun Jenda jendaov@auburn.edu (Principal Investigator and Project Director)
Ash Abebe abebeas@auburn.edu (Co-Principal Investigator)
Daniela Marghitu marghda@auburn.edu (Co-Principal Investigator)
Caroline Dunn dunnca1@auburn.edu (Co-Principal Investigator)
Auburn University at Montgomery
Glen Ray gray@aum.edu (Co-Principal Investigator)
Tuskegee University
Mohammed Qazi QaziMA@aol.com (Principal Investigator)
Southern Union State Community College
Gary Branch gbranch@suscc.edu (Co-Principal Investigator)
This program is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant numbers HRD 0929268, 0929276, and 0929248.
