Cheryl Torsney, PhD

Institute on Disabilities/UCEDD
Temple University
Ritter Annex 4
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19122
 
Phone: 215-204-1356
Email: [email protected]
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Last Updated: April 11, 2023

 

Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: Leadership & Career Studies - Program Manager
 
Discipline(s): Education/Special Education
 
AUCD Council Membership: No Council Membership

Vita/Bio

Cheryl B. Torsney, PhD (she/her) is the Program Manager for Leadership and Career Studies (L&CS). Cheryl has taught undergraduate and graduate students as a Professor of English at various institutions. She has served as an academic affairs leader in championing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; managing assessment and accreditation; directing teaching and learning centers; collaborating with disability and access offices; and leading faculty affairs. Cheryl helped secure a TRIO McNair Scholars program award and funding to promote open educational resources (OER). A Fulbright fellow, awardee of the American Council of Learned Societies, and consultant evaluator for both the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), she currently serves as an American Council on Education (ACE) Women’s Network Mentor. She is a member of a Temple University research team in the College of Education and Human Development studying race and motivation in learning.