[Ohio-Talk] FW: Dr. Scopas Poggo Thrives in His Career

Cheryl Fields cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 22 21:23:13 UTC 2020 

JW, thank you for this article! Sharing it with a friend that is a professor at the University of Toledo and losing her vision. I’m sure this will be uplifting for her. Have a great day!

Cheryl E. Fields


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> On Aug 22, 2020, at 10:51 AM, Smith, JW via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Dr. Scopas Poggo Thrives in His Career
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> Dr. Scopas Poggo at his office.
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> Dr. Scopas Poggo was used to living with a visual disability. Born with night blindness, he made a point of completing primary schoolwork before dark in his native Sudan. "My parents taught me not to complain - to do what I can," Scopas explained. Later as an adult, while working on his Ph.D. in History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, his peripheral vision began to decrease.
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> In 1999, Scopas accepted a position with The Ohio State University's Department of African American and African Studies. He sought out a smaller campus, and the Mansfield location fit the bill. "It's a great responsibility to be of service on the campus and in the community," Scopas said.
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> Scopas was diagnosed with glaucoma in 2001 and had laser surgery to reduce pressure. Even with medication therapy, he continued to experience eye floaters (spots in his vision), causing his eyes to hurt and tire. Scopas' disability continued to progress, and he notified the university that he needed assistance beginning in 2004. He was provided with a student assistant and encouraged to get ideas from staff with Student Disability Services. They suggested Scopas reach out to Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD). The late Sue Steinhour, OOD Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, introduced Scopas to assistive technology to help navigate reading computer screens and students' assignments.
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> By 2008, Scopas was finding it difficult to read fine print and was becoming increasingly concerned because he was working on publishing a book, a key for earning tenure at the university. "I got ZoomText, and I was overjoyed because I could do my work," Scopas said. His book "The First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972," was published in 2009 by Palgrave Macmillan. Scopas earned tenure, resulting in promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. His book continues to be used as a textbook for African Studies worldwide.
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> As Scopas' vision continued to decrease, he and the Dean implemented creative solutions, including students using audible clickers instead of raising hands in the classroom. He begins every course by explaining his disability and requesting students to introduce themselves as they approach him on campus.
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> Scopas reconnected with OOD during the past year. Working with Katelyn Glembot, OOD Sr. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Scopas received upgraded technology to maintain independence on campus. OrCam, a wearable assistive technology, helps Scopas by audibly conveying visual information. The small device magnetically mounts to his glasses and reads text, recognizes faces, identifies objects, and responds to voice commands. Scopas stressed how valuable the device has been for him in reading historical documents that cannot be scanned. Training was provided by Tiehan Liu with Ohio Job Connection.
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> Currently, Scopas is on a sabbatical to focus on writing his second book, "Voices of War and Peace in the Sudan, 1955-2018," as well as a chapter for an Oxford University Press encyclopedia. In his free time, Scopas works on his autobiography, which details his experience with OOD so that others with visual disabilities are aware of the available support.
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