Investigators
Our investigators are a team of seasoned researchers and disability professionals who combine their research and passion for working with the disability community to create resources that are evidence-based, culturally competent and rooted in principles of self-determination and civil rights for people with disabilities.
Monika Mitra
Principal Investigator
Linda Long-Bellil, PhD'07
Co-Principal Investigator and Director of Stakeholder Engagement
Kara Ayers
Co-Investigator and Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Peter C. Hauser
Co-Investigator
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Co-Investigator and Director and Foundation Professor at the Arizona State University School of Social Work
Elizabeth Lightfoot, PhD, MSW, is the Director and Foundation Professor at the Arizona State University School of Social Work. She has published widely on the topic of parenting by individuals with disabilities and is a leading expert on parents with disabilities and the child welfare system. Her research has been used as evidence in efforts to remove parental disability language from state statutes in the United States and she has developed promising practices to support parents with disabilities.
Michael McKee
Co-Investigator and Co-Director of Virtual Deaf Parents Peer Support
Joanne Nicholson
Co-Investigator and Professor in the Institute for Behavioral Health at Brandeis University
Robyn Powell, PhD'20
Co-Investigator and Director of State Policy Analyses and Family Legal Supports