Kara Seidel Successfully Presents

The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program is pleased to announce that Kara Seidel of LLC Cohort 23 successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal on February 3, 2025.

Kara's project is titled, “Faculty as Translators: Disability Policy, Cultural Schemas, and Discourse in Higher Education."

After her presentation, Kara had a substantive discussion with her committee about the next stages of her work. The committee agreed that the project is worthy of doctoral research and helped Kara consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Kara's committee members:

     Ramon Goings, Language, Literacy, and Culture

     Amy Tondreau, Education

     Lauren Edwards, Public Policy

     Pamela Bennett, Public Policy

     Kerrie Kephart, Faculty Development Center