Meet the Team Members

is a project director and PI. He is a professor of Applied Gerontology and Rehabilitation sciences at the University of North Texas. He has a long history studying consumer-oriented community and independent living solutions with significant disability for the design, implementation, and evaluation of rehabilitation and health services. He is American Psychological Association Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (2025-2027) and was Aging, Functioning and Rehabilitation panelist of the US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2024).

is a Co-Investigator and professor of computer science and engineering University of North Texas. His research expertise is on technologies for Smart Cities, which overlay community living options with diversity in human attributes, profiling g capabilities inclusive of digital and constructing predictive statistical models for community living outcomes.

is Co-Investigator and associate professor of applied behavior analysis at the University of North Texas. She is an Autism therapist and the director of the North Texas Autism Project (NTAP), an interdisciplinary service, training and research program working in collaboration with Easter Seals North Texas, and other partners. Her specialization is the design and implementation of research on autism for interventions with cultural sensitivity.

is Co-Investigator and an assistant vice president for research and innovation at the University of North Texas. She is faculty lead and co-founder of the UNT ELEVAR (Empower, Learn, Excel, enVision, Advance, Rise) which is a four-year inclusive postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities. Her expertise lies in cultural community engagement practices with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

is Community liaison consultant and Emeritus Professor of Applied Gerontology at the University of North Texas. His research expertise is on aging-inclusive neighborhoods and sustainable senior living, long-term care and home care systems.