Susie Thomas Part-time Lecturer Contact 301 Sparkman DriveHuntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map samuel.sneed@uah.edu Biography Curriculum Vitae Education Ed.D., in Instructional Leadership, Samford University, 2019 M.A., in Education - Special Education, Visual Impairments, University of Alabama, 2007 B.A., in Education - Biology and English, Jacksonville State University, 1996 Braille Transcriber, National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 2007 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Exceptional Needs Specialist/Early Childhood Through Young Adulthood - Visual Impairments, 2010 Orientation and Mobility Specialist, Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals, 2015 Honors & Awards Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award, Council for Exceptional Children - DVIDB, 2008 Affiliations Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER-COMS) Council for Exceptional Children (CDC-DVIDB) Recent Publications "The Role of the TVI", Alabama State Department of Education MEGA Conference, speaker, Mobile, Alabama 2017 "The Necessity of Pre-braille Skills", Early Intervention Conference, speaker, Birmingham, Alabama 2018 "AIDB Outreach", Alabama Council of Administrators of Special Education, speaker, Birmingham, Alabama, 2019