Professor Emerita, Sandy Rosen (O&M) awarded prestigious Josephine L. Taylor Award by AERBVI.

Professor Emerita, Sandy Rosen O&M was awarded the Josephine L. Taylor Award by AERBVI. She joins the honorable list of SFSU faculty who have made tremendous contributions to the field of VI and O&M. 

https://www.aerbvi.org/jo-taylor/ 

This is the highest award that exists in the field of visual impairment. The blurb from the AER website describes it in this way:

"This award is presented to an individual who has significantly contributed to the preparation of personnel in the fields of rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, and teaching students with visual impairments through innovative practices that have led to increased or improved services, pre-service training of parents, professionals, or paraprofessional, and in-service training of parents, professionals, or paraprofessionals.

Award Selection Criteria:

• Professional practice: Contributions made while preparing pre-service practitioners to work with persons who have visual impairments, including education and/or rehabilitation services, early intervention, orientation and mobility, or other instructional roles.
• Research: Systematic investigation that has improved education and rehabilitation services and policies.
• Writing: Publication of peer-reviewed articles, textbooks, chapters, position papers, and other works
• Leadership: Providing leadership to improve professional practices
• Participation in the division and/or AER: Served as an active member of the Personnel Preparation division and/or AER as an organization."