RAMP CONFERENCE

Each of the Scholar/ Champions representing our five partnering HBCUs participated in a panel discussion on minority disability at the “Research Association of Minority Professors" (RAMP) 2006 Annual Conference, February 2-4, 2006, in Kansas City, Missouri. During this discussion, each scholar gave an introduction of their pilot project. Presenters and project titles were as follows:

Mr. Eric Budd

Huston-Tillotson College

“An Analysis of Special Education referral rates of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students”

Mrs. Tiffany Cottledge  

Paul Quinn College

“Bipolar Disorder and African Americans: An Analysis”

 Dr. Asif Raza

Jarvis Christian College

“A Pilot Study of Service delivery to and Service Utilization by the Elderly Blacks with Disabilities in Tyler, Texas”

Mrs. Rosalind Russell

Texas College

“Unemployment: An Assessment of Disabled Veterans in East Texas”

Dr. Ruth Washington

Wiley College

“Preventable Secondary Condition Cases among Diabetic Patients of East Texas”