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Brett Nachman
Assistant Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning
University of Arkansas
Education/Degree:
1 Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
About
Dr. Brett Ranon Nachman is an Assistant Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning at the University of Arkansas, as well as Director of Research for College Autism Network. Brett's research primarily centers on issues around autism in higher education, as well as disability more broadly, and community college access, equity, and transfer. He identifies as an autistic community college graduate, and has thus blended his personal experiences into his professional pursuits. Brett's scholarship has appeared in journals including The Review of Higher Education, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, College Student Affairs Journal, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. He has received several major national grants surrounding his work on autistic college students, including from The FAR Fund and the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Brett garnered a K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from AAC&U in 2020.
Current Work
Currently Brett is co-principal investigator of a nationwide study of how autistic undergraduate college students define their success. This groundbreaking, large-scale study explores how they make sense of the factors that contribute, or would support, their success across multiple domains of their lives. Among Brett's other projects, he is focusing on community college career and technical education faculty engagement with disabled students, as well as graduate experiences of doctoral community college leadership programs. Brett handles both solo efforts in conjunction with collaborations with scholars and practitioners across multiple disciplines and institutions.
Research Area Keyword(s)
autism in higher education, disability in higher education, inclusive teaching and learning practices