CIDDL Team

The CIDDL team brings together national leaders in special education, related services, educational technology, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), instructional design, STEM education, artificial intelligence (AI), and faculty professional development.

Senior Leadership

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James D. Basham, Ph.D. (opens in new tab)

Principal Investigator & Director

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Angelica Fulchini Scruggs, Ph.D.

Co-PI & Director of Operations

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Eleazar Vasquez, Ph.D., BCBA-D (opens in new tab)

Co-PI

CIDDL Staff

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Christine Parsons

Program Manager

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McKenzie Nichols

Communications Consultant

Research Assistants

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Yerin Seung

Graduate Research Assistant

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Taehyun Kim

Graduate Research Assistant

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Kimberly Martinez

Graduate Research Assistant

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Philip Garza

Graduate Research Assistant

Advisory Board

Michael Kennedy
Carolyn Sykora
Jody Britten
John M. Eisenberg
Laurie VanderPloeg
Tahnee L. Wilder
K. Alisa Lowrey
Kaitlyn M. Brennan