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| Leadership: |
UCEDD Director | ||||||||||||||
| Primary Activity Coordinators: |
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Training Director |
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| Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | Undergraduate Certificate in DD Director;
Transition & Foster Youth with Disabilities |
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| Discipline(s): |
Human Development/Child Development Family Studies Information Resources & Library Science |
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| AUCD Council Membership: |
Multicultural Council National Training Directors' Council |
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| Research: | Adolescent development and transition to adulthood, in particular for youth with developmental and other disabilities, as well as youth in the child welfare system
Models of person-centered practices and asset based community development Intersectionality | ||||||||||||||
| Education: | PhD Candidate - Family Studies & Human Development, University of Arizona
Master of Arts - Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona Bachelor of Arts, University of Arizona, Major: Classics; Minor: Thematic - Physical Education/Physiology | ||||||||||||||
| Service: | - Planning Committee, Annual African American Conference on Disabilities
- AUCD Multicultural Council and National Training Directors Council - Arizona Citizen Review Panel on Youth in Successful Transitions to Adulthood | ||||||||||||||
Vita/Bio
Jacy Farkas is UCEDD director at the Sonoran Center for Excellence in Disabilities at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she oversees the interdisciplinary pre-service training programs and helps lead multiple efforts related to person-centered practices, youth to adult transition, and intersectional research. Jacy is a former UCEDD trainee and a past chair of AUCD’s Multicultural Council; she has contributed to multiple projects and publications related to diversity, equity, and inclusion within the disability space. Jacy is a doctoral candidate in Human Development and Family Science at the University of Arizona, and she also holds a Master's in Information Resources and Library Science. Jacy identifies as a neurodivergent Black-Filipina mother, scholar, and advocate.
