Dr. Sharonlyn Harrison is among the leading scholars on CIL service to racial and ethnic minorities. She will collaborate on several research projects (R2, R3, R4 and R6), engage with the SAG and participate in knowledge translation activities. Most recently, Dr. Harrison completed Disability, Diversity and Intersectionality in CILs, a research project for ILRU designed to document best practices in services, programs, and outreach for racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse groups. Dr. Harrison also brings transition expertise. She was previously Transition Specialist and Associate Director for Research and Evaluation with Michigan’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at Wayne State University where she worked with schools with diverse student populations on transition to post-secondary education and adult life. Dr. Harrison was also a special education teacher consultant developing program for transition. She has received special recognition for her research in minority communities from the National Center for Cultural Competence at Georgetown University, and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and she was an invited chair of the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council’s multicultural workgroup.