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VIDBE-Q Volume 64 Issue 3
service models, I have benefitted from new perspectives and frameworks
my cohort-mates and advisors provide.
My primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of
3-D tactile maps. From my teaching experience, the Chicago grid layout is
a wonderful system, if students can gain the vantage point to grasp the
system. I believe that 3-D printing technology can capitalize on the body of
research supporting tactile maps while removing the time-consuming
aspect of production.
Methodologically speaking, experiences with the NFB and working in
Chicago have engendered an interest in me for questions of social validity
in the research done with participants who are visually impaired and
Deafblind. From my exposure to the range of interests in my cohort, I hope
to also look into teacher preparation and how initiatives to foster greater
adaptive expertise and problem solving in special education teachers can
support the teachers of students with visual impairments that have diverse
caseloads.
Thank you again to the VIDBE-Q and CEC for allowing me to share
my story and thank you to everyone that has helped me get where I am
now. I hope that this has shared some insights into my own genesis as a
