Anuja Sarda is a former elementary classroom teacher and teacher educator who has worked with a diverse student population, culturally, linguistically, and ethnically across India and the United States. She has a doctoral degree in educational theory and practice from the University of Georgia along with a graduate certificate in interdisciplinary qualitative studies. As a Research Associate II, she is responsible for leading, designing and implementing needs assessments in collaboration with project managers at OROD as part of the grant funded by the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS).
Prior to joining the OROD team in 2023, she worked with the Research and Evaluation unit at the Institute of Human Development and Disabilities (University of Georgia) as a Graduate Research Assistant on four needs assessments funded by the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Commission and Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities. These needs assessments aimed to identify the needs of individuals with a Traumatic brain injury, the transportation and employment needs of individuals with disabilities, and the transition needs of students with Autism after graduation. In her role, she conducted extensive literature reviews and environmental scans, supported the IRB process, created assessment and data collection tools, conducted interviews and focus group discussions, analyzed data findings and collated them into a comprehensive written report for dissemination to different stakeholders.
Program evaluation, intellectual and developmental disability, needs assessment
Culturally and linguistically responsive classrooms, teacher training, equity in healthcare
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