Dr. Natalie Shaheen
Associate Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 540
Office Hours
By appointment
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Shaheen uses interdisciplinary approaches to study equity and access for disabled students in technology-mediated learning environments in order to disrupt systemic ableism and to reimagine technology-mediated education as a place that values and actively makes space for disabled ways of knowing and being. Prior to her appointment at ISU, Dr. Shaheen worked as a teacher of blind and disabled students in Ohio, Nevada, Indiana, and Maryland.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Assistive Technology, Orientation and Mobility, Introduction to Special Education
Research Interests & Areas
Digital accessibility, disability, instructional technology, K-12, STEM, blindness, law and policy
EDD Instructional Technology
Towson University
Towson, MD
MS Blindness and Low Vision
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
BS Special Education
Ohio University
Athens, OH
Grants and Contracts
The Education Now Lab
Anna Smith, Kristin Anne Carlson, Natatlie Shaheen, Stephen Weiser.
Provost's Office ARCS. 2025 - 2026
Journal Article
Technology accessibility: How U.S. K-12 schools are enacting policy and addressing the equity imperative
Natatlie L Shaheen.
Computers & Education, 179 (April 2022), 1-12, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104414
Accessibility4Equity: Cripping technology‐mediated compulsory education through sociotechnical praxis
Natatlie Shaheen.
British Journal of Educational Technology, (2021), 10.1111/bjet.13153
Adapting older engineering graphics methods to facilitate new opportunities in our school systems for blind and low vision youth
Wade Goodridge, Natatlie Shaheen, Scott Bartholomew.
Technology and Engineering Teacher, 79 (6), 33-37, (2020)
Students’ with blindness and visual impairments level of engagement in science and engineering practices
Tiffany Wild, Natatlie L. Shaheen, D. Fast, J. Averill, K Koehler, K Farrand.
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 24 (1), (2020)
Bringing disability into the discussion: Examining technology accessibility as an equity concern in the field of instructional technology
Natatlie L. Shaheen, Sarah Lohnes Watulak.
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 51 (1), 187–201, (2019)
Improving student self-efficacy: The role of inclusive and innovative out of school programming for students with blindness and visual impairments
K M Farrand, Natatlie L Shaheen, T Wild, J Averil, D Fast.
The Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 8 (2), (2018)
K-12 technology accessibility: The message from state governments
Natatlie L. Shaheen, Jonathan Lazar.
The Journal of Special Education Technology, 33 (2), 83-97, (2018)
Presentations
Dismantling the Compulsory Sightedness of STEM Education and Empowering Blind Learners.
Natatlie Shaheen.
Dare to Be Remarkable Conference, Online, December 15, 2020