Professional Service

• Ohio Dean;s Compact. Invited panel reviewer for the Ohio Dean’s Compact Focus Area: Supporting Initiatives to Improve Literacy Practices (2023). 07/2023 - 09/2023
• Council for Exceptional Children. Role: Co-Editor. Special Monograph on Leadership (RP9) - Recommended Practices Series. 07/01/2021 - 12/01/2023
• Ohio Deans Compact. Invited Grant Panel Reviewer - Special section on culturally responsive practices. Compact Focus Area: Supporting Initiatives to Improve Diversity in the Educator Workforce. (Completed for both years of the focus, 2021 and 2022). 06/2021 - 09/2022
• Journal of Child and Family Studies. Reviewer. 01/01/2021 - present
• State of Utah. Role: Governor Appointed Council Member. State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) for Part C Early Intervention (Utah Baby Watch) – Invited Member of the Family Engagement Subcommittee (August 2020-Present). 12/26/2020 - present
• Journal of Early Intervention. Reviewer. 09/01/2020 - present
• University of Utah - Faculty Advisory Committee on Teacher Education (FACTE). Role: Committee Member. FACTE Committee Member. 09/01/2020 - present
• Young Exceptional Children. Reviewer. 08/01/2020 - present
• Global Implementation Research and Practice. Reviewer. 06/01/2020 - present
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) – Division for Early Childhood (DEC) . Role: Committee Member + Co-Chair of the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Sub-Committee. Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) – Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Research Committee. 05/01/2020 - 05/01/2025
• American Educational Research Association. Role: Reviewer. Early Education and Child Development Special Interest Group - Conference Proposal Reviews. 07/2019 - present

Internal Service

• Search Committee - Severe Disabilities Tenure Faculty Position. Committee Member, 10/2023 - 01/2024. Department service.
• University of Utah - College of Education Research Grants Committee. Committee Member, 11/2022 - present. College service.
• University of Utah Academic Senate. Senator Representing College of Education, 02/2022 - present. University service.
• Masters Comprehensive Portfolio Design Team. Committee Member, 09/2021 - present. Department service.
• Admissions Committee. Committee Member, 07/2021 - 07/2022. Department service.
• Interim Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Program Coordinator. Interim Program Coordinator, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
• University of Utah - College of Education - Faculty Advisory Committee on Teacher Education (FACTE). Committee Member, 09/01/2020 - present. College service.
• Search Committee - Severe Disabilities. Committee Member, 10/2019 - present. Department service.
• Early Childhood Special Education Program Area Committee. Member, 07/2019 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

• Community Partnership with Alaska Learn and Grow Early Childhood System. 06/01/2020 - 05/2022

Honors & Awards

• State of Utah - Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities – Council Member - Governor Appointed in December 2020 for a four year term. State Interagency Coordinating Council - Utah Babywatch. 12/2024
• Higher Education Leadership Cohort - Invitee for improving equity and evidence-based practices in higher education leadership. National Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Development Equity Center, 02/2024
• State of Utah - Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities – Council Member - Governor Appointed in December 2020 for a four year term. State Interagency Coordinating Council - Utah Babywatch. State of Utah, 12/2023
• Invitee to a special verification project focused on open science and best practices in large scale qualitative research. As part of this, we were invited to take part in a collaborative working group meeting in New York City on Feb. 23, 2024. This will result in a submitted publication on open science practices in qualitative research. Russell Sage Foundation, American Voices Project - Stanford University, and the Qualitative Data Repository - Syracuse University, 11/2023
• State of Utah - Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities – Council Member - Governor Appointed in December 2020 for a four year term. State Interagency Coordinating Council - Utah Babywatch. 12/2022
• Creating an Open Science in Education - Invitee to a special meeting and workgroup in Charlottesville, Virginia. Center for Open Science, 08/11/2022
• Building an Open Qualitative Science – Invitee to Special Conference and Meeting. Conference was held December 8, 2022 in New York City. Russell Sage Foundation, 01/2022
• State of Utah - Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities – Council Member - Governor Appointed in December 2020 for a four year term. State Interagency Coordinating Council - Utah Babywatch. 12/2021
• Best Practices Advocate & Mentor - Invited for mentoring and collaboration on best practices in program and course improvement in alignment with new standards and outcomes in higher education. Early Childhood Personnel Center (ECPC), 12/2021
• State of Utah - Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities – Council Member - Governor Appointed in December 2020. State Interagency Coordinating Council - Utah Babywatch, 12/26/2020

In the Media

• New York State School Boards Association - Study Highlights Privacy Issues with School Social Media Posts. In "On Board - Issues in Action". 03/13/2023. https://uofu.box.com/s/tmj05m95fvq8kq7vbwitang0rlh...
• Study: Schools Social Media Posts may be Compromising Student Privacy - American Educational Research Association. 11/02/2022. https://www.aera.net/Newsroom/Study-Schools-Social...
• Dr. Sarah Ivy (PI - pictured) and Dr. Lori Richards (co-PI) were awarded grant funding for Project TSDBOT: Special Education Teachers with Endorsement in Deafblindness and Occupational Therapists Collaborating through an Interdisciplinary Program to Improve Services from the United States Department of Education. The Project Development Team includes Dr. Chris Bischke and Dr. Sondra Stegenga (pictured) from the Department of Special Education and Dr. Susan Gray from the Department of Occupational and Recreational Therapies in the College of Health. The purpose of this proposed 5-year project is to improve the quality and increase the number of highly qualified personnel prepared to serve school-age learners with deafblindness through interdisciplinary teams. The project will support and prepare 28 master’s level scholars at the U of U, 16 special education teachers with an endorsement in deafblindness (TSDBs) and 12 occupational therapists (OTs), who by the end of their respective programs have demonstrated the national professional competencies in their discipline and additional project competencies related to interdisciplinary teaming. Emphasis will be placed on preparing these professionals to provide specialized services to the diverse population of students with deafblindness and their families. 11/03/2020. https://www.facebook.com/utahspecialeducation/post...
• University of Utah Insider. 10/17/2019. https://education.utah.edu/insider/posts/2019/octo...