Faculty

Adam Graves

VI Program Coordinator

Project Director, California DeafBlind Services

adamgraves@sfsu.edu

Dr. Graves has worked with students who are blind, visually impaired and deafblind since 2003. Over the years he has served as an educational assistant, special education teacher, teacher of students with visual impairments and educational consultant for the Texas DeafBlind Project. During his time at the Texas DeafBlind Project Dr. Graves developed assessment tools such as the Informal Functional Hearing Evaluation for students who are DeafBlind with Multiple Disabilities (IFHE) and workshops such as the Introduction to the Intervener Team Model training. His research explores the social barriers to educational access for students who are congenitally deafblind through the stories of congenitally deafblind youth and their family members. 

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.