6 Questions with researchers & staff
At the Life Span Institute, our researchers and staff support individuals and communities through every stage of life. Get to know the people behind our work to create a world where all people thrive.
Researcher and Staff Profiles

Maria Hugh
Maria Hugh is an assistant professor of special education at KU and an affiliated investigator at the KU Center on Disabilities.

Sean Swindler
Sean Swindler is Project Manager at the Kansas University Center on Disabilities and Director of Community Program Development and Evaluation at the Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training.

Christina Holt
Christina Holt is Interim Director of the KU Center for Community Development at the Life Span Institute.
Researcher and Staff Profiles

Austin Myers
Austin Myers is the Communications Coordinator at the Kansas University Center on Disabilities.

Angeline Bottera
Angeline Bottera is Assistant Director of the Center for Advancing Research on Eating Behaviors.