Who are we?
Overview
This page includes a list of all the organizations and individuals who participated in the creation, organization, process, and documentation of the UNC ACCESS Project:
Thomas C. Barnett
Web Development, Final Website Design, Graphics, Construction, and Accessibility
Thomas C Barnett is a junior Honors Fellow and Digital Art major at Elon University in Elon, NC, just 40 miles west of Chapel Hill. He was recruited for this project because his aesthetic and graphic design skills were needed but not readily available to the ACCESS Project at UNC, and moreover because his experiences using a power wheelchair at Elon gave him unique insight into the projects realities to be applied. He wishes to take advantage of this opportunity to advertise his personal site and e-mail address, which can be found at the bottom of every page on the ACCESS site.
UNC ACCESS PROJECT Leader
Bowman and Gordon Gray Associate Professor of American Studies & Economics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Course Developer/Teacher, Co-Creator of UNC ACCESS Project, Project Leader
Nicholaus Neptune
Summer 2006 Assistant Project Leader, Campus Profiles and Site Survey Design, East Loop; Poster Presenter at 2006 Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities, 2006 ACC Undergraduate Research Conference, and 2006 AHEAD Conference; Panelist at 2008 NC College Access Conference
Nick Neptune, a sophomore at UNC, is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina who is currently studying Journalism and American Studies. On campus he serves as an Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Executive Branch of Student Government, where he has ownership of specific platform projects and he works on maintaining daily government affairs. He is also a member of the Public Service and Advocacy Committee, which works with organizations such as the Center for Public Service and the Campus Y, on events such as the Volunteer Service Fair, “Beat Hunger, Beat Duke” (a food drive competition), and numerous other service projects. He enjoys reading about American educational history and policy, playing Monopoly, traveling, and photography. After going to law school, he looks forward to a life in public service working on making the world a better place.
Allison Harrison
Assistant Project Leader, Digital Images Coordinator, PowerPoint Documentation, Poster, West Loop; Poster Presenter at 2006 Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities; Panelist at 2008 NC College Access Conference
Allison Harrison, a UNC sophomore from Burlington, NC, is an American Studies major with minors in Social and Economic Justice and Creative Writing. She is passionate about advocacy, writing, human rights, seeking new perspective, education, the arts, service, and conversation. She is open to many possibilities for her future, but may eventually work with a non-profit agency seeking social justice or healing for the marginalized of our society.
Rebecca Williford
Project Co-Creator and Assistant Leader
Project Co-Creator, Spring 2005 Course Consultant, Summer 2005 Bryan Fellowship East/West Loop Coordinator; UNC-CH Law School Student
Principal Project Assistants
Undergraduate Teaching Assistants during Fall 2005
Ana Hacic-Vlahovic -- Preliminary Website Design, Construction & Accessibility; Poster Presenter at 2006 ACC Undergraduate Research Conference and 2006 AHEAD Conference
Ana Hacic-Vlahovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She is a Political Science major and Spanish minor, as well as a Public Service Scholar. She loves to travel and volunteer in the community for the Sierra Club, the Inter-Faith Council and the Chapel Hill Women's Center. After graduation, Ana hopes to attend law school and practice international law.
Erica Johnson – Access Project Report & Communication, East Loop; Poster Presenter at 2006 Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities and 2006 AHEAD Conference.
Erica Johnson is a sophomore at UNC-Chapel Hill, a native of a little town in the Eastern part of North Carolina: Goldsboro (well known for Seymour Johnson Air Force Base). She is an English major and possible American Studies minor with a love for reading, writing, and photography. Erica is passionate about serving others- shown through her involvement with Campus Crusade for Christ and Public Service Scholars.
Clayton Lindsay – Data Collection & Analysis, East & West Loop
Clayton Lindsay is a sophomore majoring in American Studies and Geology. He was born in Chapel Hill, but has spent most of his live in the mountains of Pisgah Forest, NC. He is interested in education throughout the world and has a great love for the outdoors.
Undergraduate Assistants, Research and Documentation
Mallory Britt, Photo Archiving
Mallory Britt is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Biology. In the future she would like to attend medical school and become an emergency room specialist. She grew up in Seven Lakes, North Carolina, which is a small community near Pinehurst, North Carolina where she attended Pinecrest High School. She enjoys working with children and volunteering at the hospital.
Jordan Scarboro - Poster Presentation at 2007 AHEAD Conference
Jordan Scarboro is a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . She is from a small town located in the foothills of North Carolina , Morganton. Currently she would like to study business administration or biology in hopes of graduate school. She has worked with many organizations in her commitment to public service. Jordan has special connections with Girl Scouting and Habitat for Humanity. In her free time, she enjoys living in the mountains, reading, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Lindsey Weaver - Poster Presentation at 2007 AHEAD Conference
Lindsey Weaver grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she attended Broughton High School and was active in student government and various service organizations. In the future she would like to help people through her work.
Carolyn Baxter - Photo Documentation and Archiving, Girl Scout Silver Award
Carolyn Baxter is a Junior at Jordan High School in Durham, NC where she plays Varsity field hockey and is a member of the "Hope for Life," a cancer awareness organization. In 2005, she earned the Photography Special Interest Project as part of Girl Scout Troop #59 in preparation for her Silver Award. This included taking a complete set of digital photography courses as well as learning to develop from negatives. She then collaborated with Kelsey Cain and the UNC ACCESS Project team for digital documentation of the East Loop Campus Tour site surveys. Summer 2005, Baxter and Cain archived and tagged all the photos for the website so that screen reader software for users with visual impairments would be possible. She has been in Scouting for 11 years and loves traveling. Her favorite trip so far has been to Germany.
Kelsey Cain - Photo Documentation and Archiving, Girl Scout Silver Award, Poster Presentation at 2007 AHEAD Conference
Kelsey Cain is a Junior at Jordan High School in Durham, NC where she is the goalkeeper for the Varsity soccer team and a member of the Latin Club. In 2005, she earned the Photography Special Interest Project as part of Girl Scout Troop #59 in preparation for her Silver Award. This included taking a complete set of digital photography courses as well as learning to develop from negatives. She then collaborated with Carolyn Baxter and the UNC ACCESS Project team for digital documentation of the East Loop Campus Tour site surveys. Summer 2005, Baxter and Cain archived and tagged all the photos for the website so that screen reader software for users with visual impairments would be possible. She has been in Scouting for 11 years and recently published several pieces in The Sophistichaos by McKinnon Press. She hopes to pursue a career in education and help kids turn their dreams into realities.
Nolan Cain - Site Survey Work, Poster Documentation
Kristin Locklear - Field Manual Support
2005 Site Surveyors
Barbara Baxter – UNC-C
Carolyn Baxter – West Loop
Alyn Berry – East and West Loops, NCSA, NC A & T
Kelsey Cain – West Loop
Nolan Cain – West Loop
John Edwards –East Loop
Erica Johnson – ECU, UNC-W, Triangle
Allison Harrison - West Loop, Triad and Triangle
Elizabeth Herbert – East and West Loop
Julie Kimple – WCU, UNC-A, UNC-C
Meredith Kimple – WCU, UNC-A, UNC-C
Matt Lee – UNC Asheville
Clayton Lindsay – East and West Loops, UNC-G, Triangle
Nicholaus Neptune - East Loop, WSSU, NCA&T, NCSA, Triangle
Meredith Kimple and Julie Kimple – WCU, UNC-A, UNC-C
Rebecca Williford – East and West Loops, UNC-G, NCA&T, NCSA, Triangle
Rachel Willis- all 16 campuses of UNC
East Loop – ECSU, ECU, UNC-W, UNC-P, FSU
West Loop – WCU, UNC-A, ASU, UNC-C
Triad – UNC-G, NC A&T, WSSU, NCSA
Triangle – UNC-CH, NCCU, NCSU
First Year Seminar Student Site Surveyors
Spring 2005: “Navigating America” students - Triad : Edwin Alcorn, Alyn Berry, Allan Carr, John Edwards, Jesse Gey, Fletcher Gregory, Allison Harrison, Erica Johnson, Clayton Lindsay, Stephanie Newton, Nicholaus Neptune, Andrew Smith, Allison Tanner, Christopher Tully, Christopher Walthers.
Fall 2005: “Access to Higher Education” students - Triad and Triangle Campuses: Maria Bagdasarian, Janel Bass, Mallory Britt, Matthew Garza, Sheena Hill, Katherine Kaiser, Ian King, Samuel Lau, Kristin Locklear, Jaclyn Pardini, Jennifer Rimbach, Cassidy Smith, Jenelle Vargas.
Graduate Research Consultants Fall 2005
Jason Jones, Data Analysis/ Interpretation with State, NCSU
Katherine Cloud- Funding Sources, NCSA and NCSU
Community Partners in Project Creation and Administration
Dr. Gretchen Bataille -- Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of North Carolina General Administration, Community Partner for UNC ACCESS Project
Miriam Tripp -- Special Projects Officer, UNC General Administration, UNC Capital Project Coordinators/Bond Implementation Conference, Greensboro, NC, Oct. 2005
Funding Resources
APPLES (Service Learning Program) Course Development Grant (December 2004)
Marion Kauffman Grant for developing and offering First Year Seminar in social entrepreneurship on ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION as part of Carolina Entrepreneurship Initiative (2005-2008), UNC ACCESS Project developed
First Year Seminar Course Enhancement Grants for Transportation (Spring 2005 and Fall 2005), for 6 Site Surveys, Triad and Triangle: UNC-G, WSSU, NC A&T, NCCU, NCSU, UNC-CH (Spring 2005 and Fall 2005)
Bryan Public Service Fellowship, Carolina Center for Public Service (Summer 2005),Faculty-Student Collaboration for 10 site surveys for UNC ACCESS Project
East Loop: ECSU, ECU, UNC-W, UNC-P, FSU
West Loop:
WCU, UNC-A, ASU, UNC-C, NCSA
UNC Office of Undergraduate Research (2005-2006)
Graduate Research Consultant Grant (Fall 2005)
Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities (Spring 2006)
ACC Undergraduate Research Conference (Spring 2006)
UNC Center for Teaching and Learning (Fall 2005)
UNC Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid (Spring 2006)
Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities (Spring 2006)
College of Arts and Sciences
Disabilities Studies Conference (Spring 2004)
Pacific Rim Conference on Disabilities (Spring 2006)
Curriculum in American Studies, UNC
Staff and Communications Support
Department of Economics, UNC
Staff and Communications Support
Laura Thomas Fund for Disability Services, Susan Greenwald, UNC, AHEAD Conference Travel (Summer 2006)
Numerous individuals, families, companies, and campuses for technical, travel and documentation project support.
Completion of the UNC ACCESS PROJECT was only possible due to the technical, travel and documentation support of:
Countless facilities planners, engineers, disabilities services, and student affairs professionals at the UNC campuses for logistics support during the site surveys.
Special appreciation to the following campuses for travel support during the site surveys: Elizabeth City State University, East Carolina University, UNC – Pembroke, Fayetteville State University, UNC – Asheville, Appalachian State University, UNC - Greensboro, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University
Bruce Runberg, Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Construction, UNC-Chapel Hill
Michael Pearce, Facility Planner for UNC-CH for technical information on ADA codes and measuring
Kim Vassiliadis, Instructional Projects Librarian, Web Accessibility Guidelines and Dreamweaver Support, UNC-CH
Jason Morningstar, Web Accessibility Design, UNC-CH
Linda Roberts, Web Accessibility Guidelines, NCSU and SAS
James Kessler, Director, UNC - CH Disabilities Services
Eileen Hannan, Center for Public Service
Jenny Huq, APPLES for Project Development
The UNC ACCESS Project Team Thanks the Following for their
Generous Help in Completing the Project
Edward Willis and Ritchie Kendall for use of wheelchairs for site surveys
Lucia Binotti, First Year Seminar Project Development
James Workman, Greg Robinson, Mark Simmerson for Dreamweaver website construction support
Rosalind Fuse-Hall, North Carolina Central University for site visit support
Debbie Simmons-Cahan for Administrative Support
Lisa Gaines for Survey and Data Analysis Support
Wolf Camera and Girl Scout Troop 59 for Photo Instruction courses for Carolyn Baxter and Kelsey Cain (Spring 2005)
Wheelchair Getaways: Accessible Van Rentals
Elizabeth Herbert for transportation
Julie Kimple for paratransit and travel support
The Cain Family for travel support
The Baxter Family for travel support
The Harrison Family for travel support
