Jacob Bunch, Ed.D.
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Phone: 480-965-3936
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University Center 1150 East University Drive - Bldg. C Suite 100L1 TEMPE, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 3202Campus: Tempe
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Jacob is a Sr. Program Coordinator for Alternative Media for ASU Student Accessibility. His areas of expertise include; Alternative Format Production, Assistive Technology, Universal Design for Learning, Disability Policy and Critical Disability Studies and accessible qualitative research methodology for diverse bodyminds.
Dr. Bunch is the 2024 American Educational Research Association Award Winner for Outstanding Qualitative Dissertation.
- Arizona State University - EdD - Educational Leadership and Innovation (2023)
- Arizona State University - MEd - Higher Education Administration (2019)
- Grand Canyon University - MEd - Special Education (2018)
- Northern Arizona University - Graduate Certificate - Assistive Technology (2012)
- Arizona State University - MNpS - Nonprofit Studies (2010)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio - BA - Speech Communication (2008)
- Blinn College - Associates of Arts - Speech Communication (2006)
- Universal Design For Learning
- Assistive Technology
- Disability Studies and Policy
- Accessible Qualitative Research Methodology
Active Member of ASU Learning Futures Community - Project OASIS
https://learningfutures.education.asu.edu/lfc/project-oasis-optimizing-…
Bunch, J. C. (2023). Assistive Technology Lifeworlds: Inclusive Qualitative Methodological Innovations for Diverse Bodyminds. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
https://vimeo.com/channels/1868659
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.190733
Wolf, L. G., & Bunch, J. C. (2025). Myth busters: centring disability and displacing ableism through reimagining dissertation mentoring with care and critical pedagogy. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (35). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi35.1310
Currently working on a proposal for an edited volume with Dr. Leigh-Graves Wolf. "The purpose of this edited collection is to document, theorise, and celebrate innovative mentoring approaches that disrupt ableist norms in higher education. We seek to compile diverse accounts of how systems, supervisors and students have collaboratively reimagined academic practices to create more accessible, caring, and liberating educational experiences. By collecting these narratives, we aim to provide both practical guidance and theoretical frameworks for transforming dissertation and thesis mentorship across higher education contexts" (Graves-Wolf, 2025).
American Educational Research Association Member
SIG Memberships - Qualitative Research and Disability Studies
Barrett Honors College - Thesis Mentor (2023)
- Arizona State University Sr. Program Coordinator, Student Accessibility - Alternative Media
- BASIS.ed Teaching Fellow
- Lions Club (2004-2008)
- Co-Chairman, Tempe Mayors Commission on Disability Concerns (Present)