Dr. Natalie Shaheen

Associate Professor

Office

DEG Degarmo Hall 540

Office Hours

By appointment

Office Phone

(309) 438-8986office
phone

nlshahe@ilstu.eduemail

Website

nlshaheen.comwebsite

About
Education
Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Shaheen uses interdisciplinary approaches to study equity and access for disabled students in technology-mediated learning environments in order to disrupt systemic ableism and to reimagine technology-mediated education as a place that values and actively makes space for disabled ways of knowing and being. Prior to her appointment at ISU, Dr. Shaheen worked as a teacher of blind and disabled students in Ohio, Nevada, Indiana, and Maryland.

Current Courses

SED 435.091 Access Technology for Students with Visual Impairments

SED 365.001 Advanced Assist Technology For Individuals With Visual Impairment

Teaching Interests & Areas

Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Introduction to Special Education

Research Interests & Areas

Digital accessibility, disability, instructional technology, K-12, STEM, blindness, law and policy

EDD Instructional Technology

Towson University

Towson, MD

MS Blindness and Low Vision

The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

BS Special Education

Ohio University

Athens, OH

Grants and Contracts

The Education Now Lab

Anna Smith, Kristin Anne Carlson, Natatlie Shaheen, Stephen Weiser.

Provost's Office ARCS. 2025 - 2026

Journal Article

Technology accessibility: How U.S. K-12 schools are enacting policy and addressing the equity imperative

Natatlie L Shaheen.

Computers & Education, 179 (April 2022), 1-12, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104414

Accessibility4Equity: Cripping technology‐mediated compulsory education through sociotechnical praxis

Natatlie Shaheen.

British Journal of Educational Technology, (2021), 10.1111/bjet.13153

Adapting older engineering graphics methods to facilitate new opportunities in our school systems for blind and low vision youth

Wade Goodridge, Natatlie Shaheen, Scott Bartholomew.

Technology and Engineering Teacher, 79 (6), 33-37, (2020)

Students’ with blindness and visual impairments level of engagement in science and engineering practices

Tiffany Wild, Natatlie L. Shaheen, D. Fast, J. Averill, K Koehler, K Farrand.

Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 24 (1), (2020)

Bringing disability into the discussion: Examining technology accessibility as an equity concern in the field of instructional technology

Natatlie L. Shaheen, Sarah Lohnes Watulak.

Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 51 (1), 187–201, (2019)

Improving student self-efficacy: The role of inclusive and innovative out of school programming for students with blindness and visual impairments

K M Farrand, Natatlie L Shaheen, T Wild, J Averil, D Fast.

The Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 8 (2), (2018)

K-12 technology accessibility: The message from state governments

Natatlie L. Shaheen, Jonathan Lazar.

The Journal of Special Education Technology, 33 (2), 83-97, (2018)

Presentations

Dismantling the Compulsory Sightedness of STEM Education and Empowering Blind Learners.

Natatlie Shaheen.

Dare to Be Remarkable Conference, Online, December 15, 2020