Biography

Sara Shunkwiler is an instructional designer at Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering and Adjunct Faculty at JHU School of Education where she is a passionate advocate for STEM equity and effective engineering education. A disabled engineer, K-12 and Higher Ed STEM educator, Sara seeks to raise awareness of disability as a valued form of diversity and the challenges of disability disclosure. She is a 2024 Teach Access Fellow and 2025 Accessible Media Fellow with Teach Access and DiCapta and frequent presenter on equitable access in STEM, math accessibility, and UDL as a social justice tool. Challenged by another engineering faculty to own her disability story, she seeks to be a role model empowering STEM colleagues and students as advocates and allies.