Dr. Sharon Ishii-Jordan

Dr. Ishii-Jordan (sij@creighton.edu) is retired Associate Dean and Professor Emerita of Education at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She is just finishing a two-year grant for conducting teacher training in the rural mountains of northeast India. Although she is completing her current grant for teacher training in India, she continues to serve persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency. She is supervising student teachers in secondary special education, substitute teaching in Omaha inner city in special education and ESL and teaching an occasional class at Creighton University. Dr. Ishii-Jordan is also a volunteer reader for the blind through Radio Talking Book and a volunteer ESL mentor for Afghan refugee women in Omaha. In retirement she continues using her gift of working with people with diverse special needs.