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US Outbound Fellows

Spring 2023 Cohort

Meet our Spring 2023 Cohort of US Outbound Fellows! In May 2023, our African Fellows traveled to the US to pursue a 5-week Fellowship placement training with an individually matched US host organization. Now, three US host mentors have been selected to travel to their Fellows’ countries in Africa to provide technical assistance.

Learn more about our US Outbound Fellows and how they will assist their African colleagues to promote and enhance disability-inclusive civic engagement.

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  • Derrick Willis, MPA 

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    Director of the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), University of Iowa

  • Kelley Hartlieb

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    Justice Initiatives Project Coordinator at the Center for Human Development (CHD), University of Alaska Anchorage

  • Rebecca Aaberg

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Fall 2022 Cohort

Meet our Fall 2022 Cohort of US Outbound Fellows! In October 2022, our African Fellows traveled to the US to pursue a 5-week Fellowship placement training with an individually matched US host organization. Now, four US host mentors have been selected to travel to their Fellows’ countries in Africa to provide technical assistance.

Learn more about our US Outbound Fellows and how they will assist their African colleagues to promote and enhance disability-inclusive civic engagement.

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  • Dr. Evan Borisinkoff

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    Associate Professor at Minot State University Department of Special Education

  • Dr. Megan Roberts

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    Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

  • Dr. Wendy Parent-Johnson

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    Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, and Professor, Department of Counseling and Special Education, Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Dr. Jerry Alliston

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    Associate Director of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS),
    University of Southern Mississippi