AUCD Experts

Sharonlyn Harrison, Ph.D.

Center:

DC-Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development, UCEDD/LEND

Contact Information:

202-687-8807

[email protected]

Leadership:

Leadership Administrative Staff:

Director of Research and Evaluation

Primary Activity Coordinators:

Research Director

Discipline Coordinators:

Discipline(s):

Education/Special Education

AUCD Council Membership:

No Council Membership

Vita/Bio:

Dr. Sharonlyn Harrison, the Director of Research and Evaluation for the Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and Assistant Professor, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has more than 20 years of experience in evaluation of federal, state and locally funded projects and has received special recognition for her research in minority communities from the National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research. She obtained her doctoral degree in education evaluation and research and has extensive experience in conducting stakeholder-driven evaluation projects and engaging diverse communities in the process.

Dr. Harrison is also adjunct faculty member at American University where she teaches courses on culturally responsive and equitable evaluation research. Prior to this, she taught research and diversity courses to undergraduate students at the Wayne State University School of Social Work, where she has been a part-time faculty member since 2011 and where she received the Excellence in Teaching award. Dr. Harrison is the former associate director of research, evaluation and information dissemination at Wayne State University, Developmental Disabilities Institute, (Michigan’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities).

Service:

Linked Products

OPWDD-Georgetown University NCCC Partnership for Systems Change: Vision-to-Action Pre-Session 3: Defining Equity Evaluation

OPWDD-Georgetown University NCCC Partnership for Systems Change: Vision-to-Action Pre-Session 4: Vision Consensus Evaluation

OPWDD-Georgetown University NCCC Partnership for Systems Change: Vision-to-Action On-Site Visit Evaluation

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 3: Cultural Competence: Implications for Organizations and Programs Supporting Persons with Lived Experience of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 2: Concepts, Definitions, and Terms Used in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and their Implications for the IDD Space

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 8: Your Role as a Leader and in Leadership for Organizational Change

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 5: The Role of Individual and Organizational Change Theories and Processes

Respite Services: The Experiences and Recommendations of Service Providers and Racially, Ethnically, and Culturally Diverse Family Members

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 6: Engaging Diverse Communities in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Summary of Participant Evaluation Data and Recommendations for The Arc New York Professional Development Series: Advancing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Session 7: What does Cultural and Linguistic Competence Mean for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs)?