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Temple University - English

Associate Director, Disability Resources and Services and Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Temple University
Higher Education
David J.
Thomas, Ph.D.
Greater Philadelphia Area
David J. Thomas, Ph.D. has a wide variety of professional experience in disability resources and services, physical and programmatic accessibility and regulatory compliance, risk management, and academic and student affairs. He is not only a disability advocate and scholar, but he remains active on the faculty, having over a decade of university teaching experience. He is a disability advocate and applied sociolinguist and educational sociologist who has conducted field research and presented on the intersection of disability, education, and culture as well as legal and regulatory compliance across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Dr. Thomas serves as the Associate Director for Student Services in Disability Resources and Services at Temple University, where he holds an appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of English. He is also the Higher Education and Accessible Design Principal for Independence Access Associates, LLC. Previously, he has taught on the English faculties of universities in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington state.

Dr. Thomas currently serves on the Board of Directors of Disability Rights Pennsylvania as Treasurer, where he also chairs the Mental Health Advisory Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society, which recognizes high performing college and university students with disabilities. Dr. Thomas is a non-affiliated, scientific member of the IRB at the University of the Sciences and on the Research Review Panel of The Association on Higher Education and Disability.

Dr. Thomas holds a PhD in Education, Higher Education, an MA in Applied Linguistics, a BA in Individualized Integrative Studies in Dramaturgy and a Graduate Certificate in TESOL from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. He studied at the NC School of the Arts, the LSA Institute at Stanford University, the University of the Arts and the Institute on Disability at Temple University.

Experience

  • Old Dominion University

    Educational Accessibility Counselor (Doctoral Research Assistant)

    Social Entrepreneurship Council presents ODU Examines Deaf Culture

  • Old Dominion University

    University College Academic Mentor

    David worked at Old Dominion University as a University College Academic Mentor

  • Temple University

    Associate Director for Student Services, Disability Resources and Services

    David worked at Temple University as a Associate Director for Student Services, Disability Resources and Services

  • Temple University

    Adjunct Assistant Professor of English

    ENGL 2821 Introduction to Linguistics
    ENGL 711 Introduction to Academic Discourse (ESL)
    ENGL 812 Analytic Reading and Writing (ESL)
    ENGL 802 Analytic Reading and Writing (Native Speakers)
    ENGL 2821 Introduction to Linguistics

    Member of the Interdisciplinary Faculty Council on Disabilities
    Member, First Year Writing Program Hall of Fame for Excellence in Teaching

  • The University of the Arts

    Educational Accessibility Advisor and ADA/504 Coordinator

    Senior Disability Services Officer
    University ADA Coordinator
    Chair of the University Accessibility Advisory Committee
    Academic Advisor

  • The University of the Arts

    Senior Lecturer of Liberal Arts and Museum Studies

    LACR 008 Fundamentals of Composition (ESL)
    LACR 103 Fundamentals of Composition III
    MSEM 780 Thesis Research

  • Virginia Wesleyan University

    Instructor of English and Professional Writing Tutor

    ENG 001 Writing Review

  • Independence Access Associates, LLC

    Higher Education and Accessible Design Principal

    Independence Access Associates, LLC is a full service consultancy specializing in disability compliance, advocacy, and practice in higher education located in the Greater Philadelphia area. Focusing not only on instructional accommodations and physical accessibility, Independence Access Associates works with our clients to facilitate the greatest level of access for the greatest number of people.

    Past clients include Shepherd University, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PhillyTech Week, the Tyler Clementi Foundation, and Disability Rights Pennsylvania.

  • DELTA ALPHA PI INTERNATIONAL HONORSOCIETY

    Delta Alpha Pi is an academic honor society founded to recognize high-achieving students with disabilities who are attending colleges (including community colleges) and universities as undergraduate or graduate students.

  • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

    Under Federal regulations, the IRB is an appropriately constituted group that has been formally designated to review and monitor biomedical research involving human subjects. The IRB has the authority to approve, require modifications in (to secure approval), or disapprove research. This group review serves an important role in the protection of the rights and welfare of human research subjects.

Education

  • Old Dominion University

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Education, Higher Education
    Cognates in Academic Affairs, Policy, and Administration Dissertation: "Not a Hearing Loss, a Deaf Gain: Power, Self-Naming, and the Deaf Community"

  • Old Dominion University

    Educational Accessibility Counselor (Doctoral Research Assistant)


    Social Entrepreneurship Council presents ODU Examines Deaf Culture

  • Old Dominion University

    University College Academic Mentor



  • Temple University

    Disability Studies

  • Temple University

    Associate Director for Student Services, Disability Resources and Services



  • Temple University

    Adjunct Assistant Professor of English


    ENGL 2821 Introduction to Linguistics ENGL 711 Introduction to Academic Discourse (ESL) ENGL 812 Analytic Reading and Writing (ESL) ENGL 802 Analytic Reading and Writing (Native Speakers) ENGL 2821 Introduction to Linguistics Member of the Interdisciplinary Faculty Council on Disabilities Member, First Year Writing Program Hall of Fame for Excellence in Teaching

  • Stanford University

    Linguistic Society of America Institute

    Sociocultural Linguistics and Evolutionary Phonology

Publications

  • A Comparative Cultural Analysis of Student Disability Services: A Case Study of Universities in the United States and Hong Kong

    Journal of the World Universities Forum

  • A Comparative Cultural Analysis of Student Disability Services: A Case Study of Universities in the United States and Hong Kong

    Journal of the World Universities Forum

  • A Comparative Cultural Analysis of Student Disability Services: A Case Study of Universities in the United States and Hong Kong

    Journal of the World Universities Forum

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ESL 711

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ESL 812

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