University of Washington (UW)
UW Information Technology, Box 354842
Seattle, WA 98195-4842
206-543-0622
206-221-4171 (FAX)
sherylburgstahler@outlook.com
https://sites.uw.edu/sherylb/

Former Director, Accessible Technology Services, including Founder of the DO-IT Center and UW-IT Access Technology Center, University of Washington (UW)

Affiliate Professor, UW College of Education; and Disability Studies, City University of New York

Advisor, Online Learning Certificate Program, UW

Projects include AccessSTEM, AccessDL, AccessComputing, AccessCSForAll, AccessEngineering, AccessISL, AccessADVANCE, AccessCyberlearning, AccessINCLUDES, AccessERC, RDE Collaborative Dissemination, and the Center for Universal Design in Education

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Sample of Presentations

Selected Publications

• What Higher Education Learned About the Accessibility of Online Opportunities During a Pandemic, 2021.
• Creating Online Instruction That is Accessible, Usable, and Inclusive, 2021.
• Designing online learning to be accessible to students with disabilities, 2021
• Creating Inclusive Learning Opportunities in Higher Education: A Universal Design Toolkit, 2020
• Engaging Students with Disabilities in Engineering: Promising Practices from an Engineering Research Center, 2018
• Fully including Students with Disabilities in Online Courses: Tips for Instructors, 2017
• ADA Compliance for Online Course Design, 2017
• Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practices, 2nd Edition, 2015
• Impact of Faculty Training in Universal Design of Instruction on the Grades of Students with Disabilities, 2015.
• Universal Design in Higher Education, Promising Practices, 2013, 2015.
• Development of a Universal Design Checklist for Postsecondary Student Services, 2013.
• Promoting the Design of Accessible Information Science Learning, 2013.
• Universal Design: Implications for Computing Education, 2011.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Distance Learning, 2009.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction, 2009.
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Student Services, 2009.
• Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities, 2009.
• Making Student Services Welcoming and Accessible Through Accommodations and Universal Design, 2009.
• Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects, 2009.
• Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities: Presentation Materials, 2009.
• Universal Design of Instruction (UDI): Definition, Principles, and Examples, 2008.
• Who needs an accessible classroom?, 2007.
• Improving Postsecondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Designing Professional Development for Faculty, 2006.
• Accommodating Students with Disabilities: Professional Development Needs of Faculty, 2005.
• Students with Disabilities and Campus Services: Building the Team Presentation and Resource Materials, 2005.
• Disability-Related Simulations: If, When, and How to Use Them. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 2004.
• Universal Design: Process, Principles, and Applications, 2004.
• Building the Team: Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Together Presentation and Resource Materials, 2002.
• Supporting Students with Disabilities: What Every Teaching Assistant Should Know, 2002.
• Faculty Facilitate Research for Students with Disabilities, 1995.

Universal Design in Education: Information Technology

• Seeking Predictors of Web Accessibility in U.S. Higher Education Institutions, 2013.
• Universal Design: Implications for Computing Education, 2011.
• Web Accessibility: A Longitudinal Study of College and University Home Pages in the Northwestern United States, 2010.
• Making Student Services Welcoming and Accessible Through Accommodations and Universal Design, 2009.
• Web Accessibility: Guidelines for Administrators, 2009.
• Accessible IT: Lessons Learned from Three Universities, 2008.
• Accessibility Training for Distance Learning Personnel, 2007.
• International Research on Web Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities, 2007.
• The Development of Accessibility Indicators for Distance Learning Programs, 2006.
• Promising Practices: Accessible Information Technology in Education, 2005.
• Breaking Down Barriers: K-12 and Beyond – An Educators’ Guide to Accessible Technology in Schools, 2005.
• Distance Learning and the Information Highway, 2005.
• Gender Differences in Computer-Mediated Communication Among Adolescents with Disabilities: A Case Study, 2005.
• Information Technology and Disabilities Journal, 2005 (guest editor).
• Steps Toward Making Distance Learning Accessible to Students and Instructors with Disabilities, 2005.
• Web-Based Distance Learning and the Second Digital Divide, 2005.
• Breaking Down Barriers: K-12 and Beyond – A Parents’ Guide to Accessible Technology in Schools, 2004.
• Issues in Accessing Distance Education Technologies for Individuals with Disabilities, 2004.
• Making Distance Learning Courses Accessible to Students and Instructors with Disabilities: A Case Study, 2004.
• Software Accessibility, Usability Testing and Individuals with Disabilities, 2004.
• Research on Web Accessibility in Higher Education, 2003.
• Bridging the Digital Divide in Postsecondary Education: Technology Access for Youth with Disabilities, 2002.
• Capacity Building Institute: Technology and Transition: Empowering Students as
  they Transition to College and Careers (contributing author/editor), 2002.
• Distance learning: The Library’s Role in Ensuring Access to Everyone, 2002.
• Distance Learning: Universal Design, Universal Access, 2002.
• Universal Design of Distance Learning, 2002.
• Access to Internet-based instruction for people with disabilities, 2000.
• Web-Based Instruction and People with Disabilities, 2000.
• Making Web Pages Universally Accessible, 1998.
• Teaching on the Net: What’s the Difference?, 1997.
• World Wide Access: Focus on Libraries, 1997.
• Computing and Networking Services for Students With Disabilities: How Do Community Colleges Measure Up?, 1996.
• Distance Learning and the Information Highway, 1995.

Assistive Technology

• Information Technology and Disability, 20th Anniversary Issue, 2014.
• Seeking Predictors of Web Accessibility in U.S. Higher Education Institutions, 2013.
• Computer and Cell Phone Access for Individuals with Mobility Impairments: State of the Art, 2011.
• Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology, 2008.
• Promising Practices: Accessible Information Technology in Education, 2005.
• Where Can I Learn About Computer Technology that Might Benefit My Child?, 2002.
• Focus On Technology, 1993.
• Computing Services for Physically Disabled Students in Post-secondary Institutions: Results of a Survey in Washington State, 1992.

DO-IT Research and Practice

• Report of the AccessSTEM/AccessComputing/DO-IT Longitudinal Transition Study (ALTS), 2016.
• AccessDesign: A Two-Day Workshop for Students with Disabilities Exploring Design Careers, 2012.
• Opening Doors: Mentoring on the Internet, 2009.
• Creating a Transition Program for Teens: How DO-IT Does It and How You Can Do It, Too, 2007.
• Creating an E-Mentoring Community, 2006.
• Creating an E-mentoring Community: How DO-IT Does It and How You Can Do It, Too, 2006.
• Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology: Seattle’s DO-IT Program, 2004.
• Perceptions of Students with Disabilities Regarding the Value of Technology-based
  Support Activities on Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2004.
• DO-IT: Helping Students with Disabilities Transition to College and Careers, 2003.
• The Value of DO-IT to Kids Who Did It!, 2003.
• Supporting Peer-Peer and Mentor-Protege Relationships on the Internet, 2001.
• Opening Doors Through Mentoring: One Program’s Experiences Using the Internet, 1999.
• Internet at Summer Camp? An Opportunity for Children and Youth with Disabilities, 1997.
• DO-IT, Exceptional Parent, 1994.
• DO-IT Scholars: Easing the Transition from High School to College, 1994.
• Learning About Disability From the Perspective of a 3-Year-Old, 1994.
• Use of the Internet in DO-IT, 1993.

College and Career Preparation for Students with Disabilities

• Academic Couching Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, 2015
• College Students with Disabilities in STEM: Expanding Opportunities by Enhancing Communication of Evidence-based Information with Stakeholders from College to Careers: Fostering Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in STEM, 2014
• Promoting the Success of Students with Learning Disabilities through Accommodations and Transition Support, Technology Access, and Universal Design, 2012.
• Promoting Transition Success for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities: The Value of Mentoring, 2011.
• Special Issue: STEM Education, 2011 (editor).
• Evidence-Based Practices in Mentoring Students with Disabilities: Four Case Studies, 2010.
• College Preparation and Participation: Reports From Individuals Who Have Speech and Mobility Disabilities, 2008.
• AAC, Employment, and Independent Living: A Success Story, 2006.
• Literature Synthesis of Key Issues in Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities to Succeed in Postsecondary Education, 2006.
• Perceived Benefits of Work-Based Learning: Differences Between High School and Postsecondary Students with Disabilities, 2005.
• Preparing for College… on the Internet, 2004.
• The Role of Technology in Preparing Youth With Disabilities for Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2003.
• Transition From Two-year to Four-year Institutions for Students with Disabilities, 2001.
• Peer Support: What Role Can the Internet Play?, 1997.
• Teaching Lab Courses to Students with Disabilities, 1996.
• Cooperative Education and Students with Disabilities, 1995.
• Technology Eases the Transition to College for Students with Disabilities, 1995.
• Transition to College: Preliminary Findings of Four Case Studies, 1995.
• Increasing the Representation of People with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, and mathematics, 1994.

Other

• Celebrate EASI? That’s Easy!, 2004.
• Disability-related Simulations: If, When and How to Use Them, 2004.