Dr. Natalie Shaheen

Assistant Professor, Low Vision and Blindness

Special Education

Office

DEG Degarmo Hall 540

Office Hours

By appointment

Office Phone

(309) 438-8986office
phone

nlshahe@ilstu.eduemail

Website

nlshaheen.comwebsite

About
Education
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

365.001Advanced Assist Technology For Individuals With Visual Impairment

357.001Orientation And Mobility For Classroom Teachers

364.001Assistive Technology For Individuals With Visual Impairments

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

Journal Article

Shaheen, N. L. (2022). Technology accessibility: How U.S. K-12 schools are enacting policy and addressing the equity imperative. Computers & Education. 179(April 2022), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104414

Shaheen, N. Accessibility4Equity: Cripping technology‐mediated compulsory education through sociotechnical praxis. British Journal of Educational Technology (2021)

Goodridge, W. H., Shaheen, N. L., & Bartholomew, S. (2020). Adapting older engineering graphics methods to facilitate new opportunities in our school systems for blind and low vision youth. Technology and Engineering Teacher, 79(6), 33-37. Retrieved from https://www.iteea.org

Wild, T., Shaheen, N. L., Fast, D. K., Averill, J., Koehler, K., & Farrand, K. (2020). Students’ with blindness and visual impairments level of engagement in science and engineering practices. Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities. 24(1), Article 1. https://scholarworks.rit.edu/jsesd/vol24/iss1/1/

Shaheen, N. L., & Lohnes Watulak, S. (2019). Bringing disability into the discussion: Examining technology accessibility as an equity concern in the field of instructional technology. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 51(1), 187–201. doi: 10.1080/15391523.2019.1566037

Presentations

Shaheen, N. L. (2020, December 15). Dismantling the Compulsory Sightedness of STEM Education and Empowering Blind Learners. Keynote presented virtually at the Dare to Be Remarkable Conference. Baltimore, MD.