Faculty

Sharon Sacks

Sharon Sacks

VI Program Coordinator

ssacks1351@sfsu.edu

Marijke Devos

Marijke Devos

Faculty Advisor

mxdevos@sfsu.edu

Marijke is a lecturer in the VI department (student teacher supervisor and co-instructor of the student teaching support seminar) and Interim VI Program Advisor for Spring 2023. Before joining the adjunct faculty of the VI department in 2020, she was an itinerant teacher for students with visual impairment for almost 20 years. She has a wide array of educational experience covering various locations on the globe in a variety of instructional settings serving students of all ages between birth and adulthood and various degrees of abilities. Her main professional interests include working with students with CVI (cortical/cerebral visual impairment), comprehensive assessments and mentoring new TVIs. 

Part-time Lecturer Faculty

vi program adjunct faculty

Kathy Abrahamson, VRT
Living Skills Instruction for Students with Visual Impairments

Laila Adle

Adrian Amandi, TVI
Technology for Students with Visual Impairments

Jennifer Benelli

Monique Coleman, TVI
Medical, Educational, Rehabilitative Implications of Visual Impairment

Erin Foley, COMS
Introduction to Orientation and Mobility Techniques

Anthony Fletcher, VRT
Exploring Visual Impairments

Patricia Leader, TVI/COMS
Literary Braille; Advanced Braille

Olaya Landa-Vialard, TVI, Ph.D
Assessment of Learners with Visual Impairments

Bobbi Pompey, VRT
Living Skills Instruction for Students with Visual Impairments

Kenneth Tran, O.D
Medical, Educational, Rehabilitative Implications of Visual Impairment

Student Teacher Supervisors

Lizbeth Barclay, TVI/COMS

Marijke Devos, TVI

Sharon Sacks, TVI, Ph.D

Intern Seminar Instructor and Supervisor

Frances Dibble, TVI/COMS