VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 1
Nominated by Danene Fast & Justin Kaiser
Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum is the 2022 Exemplary Advocate award recipient.
Dr. Rosenblum demonstrates leadership, contributions to the professional research
base, and mentorship of past and current professionals. As a researcher and
professor, Dr. Rosenblum has published numerous peer-reviewed articles,
chapters, and textbooks critical to the personnel preparation curriculum. She has
shared her expertise through hundreds of international, national, regional, state,
and local presentations.
Dr. Rosenblum's contributions to the field cannot be better emphasized than
through her work during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Director of Research for
the American foundation for the Blind, she collaborated with Dr. Herzberg and Dr.
Wild to design, collaborate, and share the survey on Access and Engagement,
Illustrating Impact of COVID-19 on Students with Visual Impairments and Their
Educators. Since the completion of the survey, she has presented these results
through numerous town halls, conferences, and other group meetings. She has also
written grants and proposals necessary to appropriately conduct the second round
of Access and Engagement research. Her leadership and research contributions are
an invaluable resource to our field.
Exemplary Advocate Award:
Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum
