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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear List Members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please find below the agenda for the Research and Academic Professionals meeting that will take place on Friday, July 6 at the NFB national convention. There is still room in the agenda for 1 or 2 additional researchers to discuss their
 current or recent research. Please contact me ASAP if you are interested in giving a 10-15 minute presentation on your research. See you in Orlando!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">AGENDA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research and Academic Professionals Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Friday, July 6, 5:30 – 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Suwannee 20, Level 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5:30 PM        Welcome and Mission of Jernigan Institute Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    Anil Lewis, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">5:45 PM        Report on Current Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    Edward Bell, PhD, Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    Arielle Silverman, PhD, Disability Wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    Natalie Shaheen, PhD student, Towson University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    C. Edwin Vaughan, PhD, professor emeritus, University of Missouri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">7:00 PM        Publishing in the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">                    Lou Ann Blake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">7:05 PM        Questions and Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Collaboration opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mentoring of blind PhD students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lou Ann Blake, J.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Executive Director, Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(410) 659-9314, extension 2221| <a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org">
<span style="color:blue">lblake@nfb.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfb.org/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="212" height="75" id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.png@01D40EEA.18BA84C0" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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