Working Groups

MIDA working groups are a key structural mechanism to allow for seamless involvement in MIDA activities by any interested UMD faculty and staff members. For the 2024-2025 academic year, there will be working groups on: tech industry engagement, UMD engagement, disability community engagement, policy, K-12 education, higher education, and employment.

K-12 Education

• Beth Bonsignore
• Tammy Clegg
• Stephanie Cork
• Amy Dwyre D’Agati
• Amelia Gibson
• Yewon Lee
• Galina Reitz
• Abhinav Shrivastava
• Gulnoza Yakubova (Chair)
• David Weintrop 

Disability Community Engagement

• Rachael Bradley Montgomery
• Beth Bonsignore
• Eun Kyoung Choe
• Stephanie Cork
• Larissa (Lacey) Curry
• Jinjuan Heidi Feng
• Ge Gao
• Amelia Gibson
• Paul Jaeger (Chair)
• Vaishnav Kameswaran
• Jonathan Lazar
• Emily Lucio
• Ana Palla
• Ron Padrón
• Huaishu Peng
• Galina Reitz
• Lisa Rickard
• Nedelina Tchangalova
• Stephanie Valencia-Valencia 

Higher Education

• Tammy Clegg
• Stephanie Cork
• Larissa (Lacey) Curry
• Jason Farman
• Kate Izsak
• Hernisa Kacorri
• Amanda Lazar
• Yewon Lee
• Shevaun Lewis
• Sara Olsen
• Nancy O’Neill
• Ron Padrón
• Galina Reitz (Chair)
• Lisa Rickard
• Alyssa Ryan
• Abhinav Shrivastava

UMD Engagement

• Amy Dwyre D’Agati
• Kathy Dow-Burger
• Nancy Forsythe
• Ursula Gorham
• Ana Palla (Chair)
• Galina Reitz
• Nedelina Tchangalova
• Victoria Van Hyning 

Tech Industry Engagement

• Niklas Elmqvist
• Jason Farman
• Eric Hoover
• Yi Ting Huang
• J. Bern Jordan (Chair)
• Eusebia Mont
• Huaishu Peng
• Galina Reitz
• Alyssa Ryan
• Abhinav Shrivastava
• David Weintrop

Policy

• Rachael Bradley Montgomery
• Ursula Gorham
• Eric Hoover
• Paul Jaeger
• J. Bern Jordan
• Vaishnav Kameswaran
• Jonathan Lazar (Chair)
• Emily Lucio
• Sara Olsen