Beach Center staff include researchers, teachers, professionals from such diverse educational backgrounds as anthropology and law, as well as support staff. A majority of the staff has a family member or personal experience with a disability. Beach Center staff and graduate students are listed below.
Heather Aldersey, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Shonda Anderson, Intervention Specialist
Jamie Bezdek, Research Assistant
Caya Chiu, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Yu-Chi Chou, Doctoral Student
Megan Cote, Research Assistant
Victoria Cotsworth, Project Coordinator
Grace Francis, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Mariann Graham, Research Aide
Peter Griggs, Evaluation Coordinator
Judith Gross, Research Associate and FEAT Project Coordinator
Shana Haines, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Heather Haynes, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Joo Young Hong, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Kristin Joannou, Doctoral Student
Kathleen Kyzar, Research Associate and Early Years Coordinator
Amy McCart, Research Assistant Professor
Peggy Miksch, Doctoral Student
Barbara Miller, Accountant
Melinda Mitchiner, Doctoral Student
Nena Murphy-Herd, Research Assistant
Janell Neer, Intervention Specialist
Rebecca Obold-Geary, Research Assistant
Allyson Palmer, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Susan Palmer, Research Associate Professor
Wendy Parent, Research Associate Professor
Wayne Sailor, Associate Director
Hyo-Jeong Seo, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Youjin Seong, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Vera Stroup-Rentier, Doctoral Student and Research Assistant
Aruna Subramaniam, Evaluation Specialist
Jean Ann Summers, Research Professor Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
Holly Sweeney, Doctoral Student
Ann Turnbull, Co-Founder, Co-Director, Distinguished Professor
Rud Turnbull, Co-Founder, Co-Director, Distinguished Professor
Michael Wehmeyer, Senior Scientist and Associate Director
Lois Weldon, Administrative Assistant
Nikki Wolf, Ph.D.