DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
SERVICES (DISES)
OFFICERS AND EXTENDED LEADERSHIP DIRECTORY
January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Tom Gumpel (2008 - 2009)
School of Education
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem 91905
Israel
+972-2-5882165 (Office)
+972-2-522-2045 (Fax)
Email: tgumpel@vms.huji.ac.il
VICE PRESIDENT
Alice M. Farling, Ed.D, MBA (2008-2009)
Assistant Superintendent - Special Services
Fairfax County Public Schools
8115 Gatehouse Road, Suite 3300
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone: 571-423-4010
FAX: 571-423-4017
Alice.Farling@fcps.edu
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Clayton Keller (2008 – 2009)
Metro ECSU
4001 Stinson Blvd. NE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55421 USA
612: 638-1537 (Office)
651: 310-9667 (Home)
Email: clay.keller@metroecsu.org
SECRETARY
Julio Gonzalez-Martinez (2005 - 2008)
380 Newton Avenue
Riverhead, NY 1901
631: 384-6163
Email: Julio.Gonzalez@liu.edu
or
POBox 1804
Southhampton, NY 11968
631:287-8201
TREASURER
Michael Urbanski (2005 – 2008)
Educational Consultant
Sweetser Education Organization
P.O. Box 567
Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064-0567
207: 934-2529 (Home)
207: 294-4786 (Office)
Email: murbanski@sweetser.org
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Margarita Ramos (2005-2008)
PMB# 538
410 E. Hillside Road
Laredo, TX 78041-3208
512: 338-9554 (Home)
512: 471-4161 (Office)
Email: mmartinezra@terra.com.mx
Gonul Kircaali-Iftar (2002 -2005; 2005-2008)
Anadolu Universitesi
26470, Eskisehir, Turkey
+90-222-335 2914
+90-222-335 2914 (Fax)
Email: giftar@anadolu.edu.tr
Susan O’Rourke (2007 –2009)
3333 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412: 578-2054 (Office)
724: 733-0094 (Home)
Email:orourkesl@Carlow.edu
Rashida Banerjee (2007-2009)
1801 Kentucky Street, Apt 3
Lawrence KS 66044
785 312 4433 (Home)
Email: rashida@ku.edu or
deraban1@gmail.com
WORLDWIDE LIAISON OFFICER
James R. Patton (2008-2010)
1406 Thaddeus Cove
Austin, TX 78746-6322
512: 740-4082
512: 328-2640
jpatton@austin.rr.com
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Diana P. Sukhram-Jones (2005-2008)
1310 S.6th Street
Education Building Room 288
University of Illinois
Champaign, IL
61820-5355
217:333-0260 (Main Office)
217: 333-1240 (Office)
Email: dpjones@uiuc.edu
Appointed Positions
DISES MEMBERS OF THE CEC REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
(2)
Tom Gumpel (See DISES President, 2008 - 2009)
Susan O’Rourke (See Members-At-Large, 2007 – 2009)
INTERDIVISIONAL CAUCUS REPRESENTATIVES
Alice Farling (See DISES Vice President, 2008-2009)
Julio Gonzalez-Martinez (See DISES Secretary, 2005-2008)
Michael Urbanski (See DISES Treasurer, 2005-2008)
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY NETWORK (CAN) COORDINATOR (U.S.
Political Action)
[Vacant]
PARLIAMENTARIAN
[Vacant]
ARCHIVES
Carmen Iannaccone (see Executive Director)
Robert Henderson (see Past President’s Council)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Carmen J. Iannaccone (2007- 2009)
Exceptional Education Department
State University of New York College at Buffalo
1300 Elmwood
Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14222 USA
716: 878-5312 (Office)
716: 878-5410 (Fax)
Email: iannaccj@buffalostate.edu
DISES Standing Committees
AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Nasim Dil (2006-2009)
2137 Hanston Court
Henderson, NV 89044-0177
702: 451-4671 (Home)
Email: dr.nasimdil@embarqmail.com
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR
(Vacant-Pending Appointment)
ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR
(Vacant-Pending Appointment)
INFORMATION SERVICES AND PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Tom Gumpel (Interim Chair) (See DISES President, 2008-2009)
Co-EDITORS OF THE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS
EDUCATION
Iris Drower (Interim Co-Editor, 2008) and
Arizona State University/Phoenix Union H.S.
P.O. Box 2159
Mesa, AZ 85214 USA
602: 326-5306 (Office)
irisdoug@cox.net
Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh (Interim Co-Editor, 2008)
Tennessee State University
Dep’t of Teaching and Learning
3500 John Merit Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
615: 963-5476 (Office)
schakraborti@tnstate.edu
Tom Gumpel
(Interim Co-Editor, 2008)
(See DISES President, 2008-2009)
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Iris S. Drower (2001–2003, 2003-2006, 2006–2010)
Arizona State University/Phoenix Union H.S.
P.O. Box 2159
Mesa, AZ 85214 USA
602: 326-5306
Email: “irisdoug” <irisdoug@cox.net>
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
David Evans (2006 -2009)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education A35
University of Sydney
New South Wales, Australia 2006
Phone (local): (02) 9351 8463
FAX (local): (02) 9351 2606
Phone (international): 61 2 9351 8463
FAX (international): 61 2 9351 2606
Email: d.evans@edfac.usyd.edu.au
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR
Zandile P. Nkabinde (2006-2009)
Associate Professor Special Education
New Jersey City University
2039 Kennedy Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597
201: 200-3023 (Office)
201: 200-3118 (Fax)
Email: znkabinde@njcu.edu
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
CHAIR
Susan E. Donovan, Ed. D. (2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005)
University of Central Florida
College of Education
P.O. Box 161250
Orlando, FL 32816-1250
407: 823-4957 (Office)
407: 823-5135 (Fax)
Email: sdonovan@mail.ucf.edu
*Please use the following address for all snail-mail
5354Goldenwood Drive
Orlando, Florida 32817
DISES AD HOC Committees and Extended Leadership
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS SUBCOMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE, CEC
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICE SUB-COMMITTEE
Joanne Cashman, Director
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
1800 Diagonal Road (Suite 320)
Alexandria, VA 22314
USA
703: 768-4441 (Office)
703: 519-3800 (Home)
Email: jcashman@nasdse.org
CEC CONVENTION PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
REPRESENTATIVE
Alice Farling (2008 -2009) (See DISES Vice President)
CEC LIAISON TO DISES
(Position Not Yet Filled)
The Council for Exceptional Children
1110 North Gleebe Road, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201-5704, U.S.A.
703: 264-9447 (Office)
703: 620-2551 (Fax)
Email: Anna Henderson [ANNAH@cec.sped.org]
COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATORS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION (CASE)
LIAISON WITH DISES
Jim Chapple
Chair of the CASE Professional Development Committee
4491 Mapleview Drive
Vemillion, OH 44089-3431
440: 967-8349 (Office)
449: 967-0281 (Fax)
Email: chappjw@aol.com
DDEL LIAISON TO DISES
Sumita Chakraborti-Ghosh
Dept. of Teaching and Learning
Tennessee State University
3500 John Merit Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209 USA
615:963-5476 (Office)
Email: schakraborti@tnstate.edu
WEBMASTER: WORLDWIDE WEB PAGES at www.cec.sped.org/intl
Dr. Richard Kiefer-O'Donnell
Associate Professor
Department of Education
University of Minnesota Duluth
Montague Hall 120
1211 Ordean Court
Duluth, MN 55812-3012
218-726-7372
rkiefero@d.umn.edu
WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY DESK
Chauncy Rucker
16 Dodd Road
Mansfield Center, CT 06250
Email: crucker@crucker.com
860: 423-7880 (Home)
http://www.connsensebulletin.com
Joy Zabala
Assistive Technology and Leadership
PO Box 3130, Lake Jackson, TX 77566 USA
979: 415-4555 (Office)
Email: joy@joyzabala.com
www: http://www.joyzabala.com
WORLDWIDE EDITORIAL REVIEW PANEL
Note: This service is available to CEC and its Committees and
other units for review
of materials for international appropriateness and potential
international acceptance.
Thomas Gumpel, Chairperson
(See DISES President)
John Elkins
Schonell Special Education Research Centre
Graduate School of Education
The University of Queensland
Queensland 4072 AUSTRALIA
011-61-7-3365-6485 (Office)
011-61-7-3365-7199 (Fax)
Email: j.elkins@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Shirley McBride
Senior Researcher
McBride Management Ltd
837 Sayward Road
Victoria, B.C. CANADA
250: 658-2915 (Home)
250: 658-2753 (Fax)
Email: "Shirley McBride" <smcbride@telus.net>
Malka Margalit,
Professor and Head of he School of Education
Tel-Aviv University,
Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv, 69978 ISRAEL
Email: malka@post.tau.ac.il
WORLDWIDE DESK ON CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Pauline Bynoe
Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 112210-2889
718: 270-6579 (Office)
718: 270-4915 (Fax)
Email: Paulinefr@aol.com
DISES BANGKOK DESK
Alex v. Furstenberg
Ruamrudee International School
42 Moo 4, Ramkhamhaeng Road
Bangkok 10510, THAILAND
66.2.518.0325 (Office)
66.2.518.0334 (Fax)
Email: fva91@hotmail.com
DISES DESK ON KUWAIT – SYRIA)
Maysaa Said Bazna (Kuwaiti citizen of Syrian descent)
International doctoral student
Teachers College, Columbia University
1230 Amsterdam Avenue, Apt.
412
New York, NY10027 USA
Email: msb49@columbia.edu
WORLDWIDE DESK ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(a joint DISES/TED desk)
Shirley Ritter (Past president of the Teacher Education
Division, CEC)
Department of Education, Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina 29613 USA
864: 294-3350 (Office)
864: 294-3341 (Fax)
Email: shirley.ritter@furman.edu
Lee Sherry (Chair, TED Publications Committee)
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 7th Avenue, SVB 108
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 USA
727: 553-4854 (Office)
727: 553-4380 (Fax)
Email: ssherry@stpt.usf.edu
THE STUDENT CEC/DISES WORLDWIDE DESK FOR PRESERVICE TRAINEES
IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES
Cynthia Remedios
University of Winnipeg
Manitoba, Canada
Email: cynthia_remedios@hotmail.com
Note: The DISES "Desks" are intended to be a focus for
gathering, discussing, and disseminating information on a particular
international topic (or to act as an information source and referral
service with regard to a specific country or activity).
Past President’s Council
Robert Henderson, (Founding President, 1990-91)
Department of Special Education
University of Illinois
1310 South Sixth Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820 USA
217: 333-0260 (Office)
217: 333-6555 (Fax)
Email: bobh@uiuc.edu
Carmen Iannaccone, (President, 1991-92)
(See Executive Director)
Jerrie Ueberle, (President, 1992-93)
Global Interactions Inc.
14 West Cheryl
Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85021
602: 906-8886 (Office)
602: 906-8887 (Fax)
Email: jerrie@globalinteractions.org
Web: www.globalinteractions.org
Virginia Dixon (President, 1993-94)
Associate Dean, College of Education
Department of Educational Administration
Sacramento State University
600 J Street
Sacramento, California 95819-6079 USA
916: 278-5516 (office)
916-278-4608 (Fax)
Email: dixonv@csus.edu
William H. Berdine (President, 1994-95)
2745 Waterworks Road
Danville, KY 40422
859-236-6901 (Home)
859-691-0445 (Cell)
E-mail:whberdine@adelphia.net
Web: http://web.mac.com/whberdine
Richard Gargiulo (President 1995-96)
213 Education Building
University of Alabama-Birmingham
901 East 13th South
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1250 USA
205: 4-8478 (Office)
205-975-7581 (Fax)
Email: gargiulo@uab.edu
Louise Fulton (President, 1996-97)
University of California-San Bernardino
Work: Department of Leadership
5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino CA 92497 USA
Home (Please send all DISES mail to this address)
2960 Neilson Way # 301
Santa Monica CA 90405
909 880 5661 (Office)
310: 450 0884 (Home)
909 798 7098 FAX
Email: Louise.Fulton@verizon.net
Janice Chavez (President, 1997-98)
Department of Teacher Education/School of Education
California State University-Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, California 93311-1099 USA
661-664-3136
Email: jchavez@csub.edu
Elizabeth Whitten (President 1998-99)
Department of Educational Studies
3506 Sangren
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008 USA
616-387-5940 (Office)
616-387-5703 (Fax)
Email: whitten@wmich.edu
Judy Smith-Davis, USA (President, 1999-2000)
The Iris Center
Director of Partnerships and Participatory Planning
10860 Hampton Road
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
703:239-1557
Email: judysd@cox.net
Web: http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu
John Visser (President, 2000-2001)
School of Education
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT UNITED KINGDOM
44 121 414 3603 (Office)
44 121 414 4865 FAX
Email: J.G.Visser@bham.ac.uk
David Mitchell, Ph.D. (President, 2002-2004)
Honorary Fellow
School of Education
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
(64-7) 8557 261 (Phone)
021 111 0220 (Mobile)
(64-7) 838 4434 (Fax)
Email: dmitch@waikato.ac.nz
Todd Fletcher (President,
2002-2003)
Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School
Psychology
College of Education, Room
405
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA
520: 621-0939 (Office)
520: 621-3821 (fax)
Email: toddf@u.arizona.edu
Richard Zigler (President 2003-2005)
North Okangan Shuswap #83
P.O. Box 129, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 CANADA
250: 832-2157 (Office)
250: 832-9428 (Fax)
250: 804-0009 (Home)
Email: rzigler@sd83.bc.ca
Clayton Keller (President 2005 – 2007)
(See Past President)
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