Amanda Sullivan, Birkmaier Education Leadership Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s school psychology program, and graduate students, Thuy Nguyen, Mollie Weeks, and Tara Kulkarni published Family Disability and Civil Rights with the Great Lakes Equity Center. The tool is designed to assist families in understanding their rights and recourse where special education and civil rights intersect. 

Professor Sullivan is a fellow of the Great Lakes Equity Center, which includes the Midwest and Plains (MAP) Equity Assistance Center and provides a hub for research, technical assistance, and resources for regional school systems to support educational equity.