Author: Kathy Sheppard-Jones
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Swihart selected for Memorial Dawson Internship
There was one thing that stood out above all to Carter Fifield about Drason Swihart – Swihart wasn’t afraid to admit he’d googled something. Swihart was one of the top applicants for the Maurice Dawson Jr. Technology Training Initiative, an internship created in honor of Maurice Dawson Jr., who passed away after working in the…
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Summer Leadership Experience 2024
Multiple speakers, a banquet dinner, even a magic show – campers at HDI’s Summer Leadership Experience Camp were busy – but they learned a lot.The Human Development Institute’s Summer Leadership Experience Camp is a program that is held for several days on the University of Kentucky’s campus that, this year, started on July 16 and…
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Dr. Gooden’s work to Continue
Caroline Gooden may have retired, but that doesn’t mean her work is finished. She will continue to coordinate a grant on a part-time basis to teach graduate students how to work with young children who were born substance-exposed. It’s par for the course for Gooden, who started by majoring in psychology in Madison, New Jersey as a…
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Thank you, Arline Wilson
It all started simply because Arline Wilson was bored. “I was not working; I was taking a break trying to figure out what I wanted to do,” she said. “I thought I wanted to be a stay-at-home Mom, I got bored staying at home, so I started looking at jobs at UK and HDI had…
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Dr. Julie Pfeiffer receives prestigious Burberry Award
This year’s winner of the Kevin Burberry award is Julie Pfeiffer in honor of her work with airline accessibility. The yearly Kevin Burberry Award honors students who work with HDI and demonstrate commitment to the cause of accessibility, leadership qualities, and academic excellence. Pfeiffer’s work focused heavily on accessibility aboard airplanes, the experiences of travelers…
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HDI receives WITH Foundation Grant to support work in Graphic Medicine
Thanks to a grant from the WITH Foundation, HDI will have the opportunity to create new resources in the emerging field of graphic medicine. “Graphic medicine is a field which explores the intersection between comics and illustration or graphic formats with the field of healthcare, health, and medicine,” said Erin Fitzgerald, who brings her expertise…
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Thompson Earns Universal Design Certificate
Elizabeth Thompson has been involved with HDI for a while, but she’s always ready for an opportunity to learn more. Thompson, who works with the RETAIN project in Administrative Support, recently received her certificate in Universal Design. “I started my journey with HDI350-Introduction to Universal Design in the fall of 2022, and then I finished…
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Dr. Bartilow receives Cooter Social Justice Advocate Award and dissertation of the year
Dr. Gayle Bartilow was not prepared for how much of an effect her dissertation research would have on her. When she traveled to South Africa to do research on how apartheid had affected educational opportunities and how modern South Africans are working to decolonize education to build a better system, she expected that she would…
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HDI Collaborates with CVG to Promote Accessible Air Travel
Dr. Walt Bower has been involved in disability advocacy for a while but even he is continually learning about the difficulties of air travel for passengers with disabilities. Bower, HDI’s Pre-Service Training Coordinator recently teamed up with Dr. Julie Pfeiffer, a research assistant at HDI, to hold a panel on wheelchair accessibility during air travel…
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Dr. Rachel Womack represents HDI at Disability Policy Seminar
When Dr. Rachel Womack attended the Disability Policy Seminar, she wasn’t entirely sure what was in store for her. Womack, who serves as HDI’s Training Director, had been to academic conferences before, but policy seminars were a new experience – and one she enjoyed. “It wasn’t just sharing information, it was sharing, ‘Hey, here’s the…