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Leadership and Staff

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LEADERSHIP

Dr. Keivan Stassun

Director

Stevenson Professor of Physics & Astronomy, College of Arts & Sciences

Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering

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Dr. Tim Vogus

Deputy Director of Business Innovations

Professor of Organizational Studies

Owen Graduate School of Management

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Dr. Nilanjan Sarkar

Deputy Director of Technological Innovations

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering

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Dr. James Bodfish

Deputy Director of Clinical Translation

Thomas L. & Jane Yount Wilkerson Chair

Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry & Special Education

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Dr. Dave Caudel

Associate Director

Physicist, Self-Advocate

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Dr. Jessica Schonhut-Stasik

Director of Communications

Postdoctoral Scholar in Astrophysics

Founder, The Neuroverse Initative

NISE Course Instructor

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STAFF

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Colette Rybinski

Program Manager

ND Community Relations

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Lee Burdette Williams

Executive Director

College Autism Network (CAN)

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Dr. Sara Frederick

Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering Instructor

Postdoctoral Scholar

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Jan Schlueter

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Co-President of Neurodiverse Technologies

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Dave Thompson

Program Manager

Self-Advocate, Author

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Dr. William Grimble

Postdoctoral Scholar

Astrophysicist

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Jaime Stassun

Front Desk Agent