Sarah Silverman

white woman with brown hair pulled back wearing glasses and a small smile looking into the camera. Standing on a snowy deck wearing a black winter jacket

Sarah Silverman, PhD (she/her) is an educator focusing on disability studies, instructional design, and educational technology. Her interests include accessible and feminist pedagogy, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and disability-informed critiques of educational technology. As an autistic educator, she has a personal stake in Neurodiversity as well as extensive college teaching and faculty development experience. 

Her newsletter, Beyond the Scope, began as a project to explore faculty development topics that are not typically covered in introductory programming in Centers for Teaching and Learning. Writing including discussions about the intersection of neurodiversity, accessibility, and the higher ed teaching and learning landscape.

Notable Work

Her writings appear in To Improve the Academy, the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, the blog Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, and on her blog at www.sarahemilysilverman.com.

Mitchell Hub Involvement

Defining Neurodiversity

Content Specialist & Instructional Designer