Adero Allison
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Phone: 480-965-9274
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Fax: 480-965-4110
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950 S Cady Mall MC 3202 Tempe, AZ 85287-3202
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Mail code: 3202Campus: Tempe
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Adero C. E. Allison, PhD
Assistant Director - Student Accessibility and Inclusive Learning Services
Educational Outreach and Student Services
Dr. Allison’s experience spans over 40 years working with people with disabilities from vocational programs to large systems change projects related to disability in work, home, and employment, and more recently with students in undergraduate and graduate programs. She is a scholar/practitioner, serving professionally as a higher education program director, a private coach (academic and executive) and an organizational consultant. In her current position with the Arizona State University, she is coordinating the development of new initiatives to provide student supports that go beyond the provision of accommodations.
Experiences in service delivery, organizational development, community leadership, and organizational behavior inform her focus on systems change related to equity, accessibility and inclusion; organizational growth; and personal transformation.
Her interest in how people progress from devastating trauma to fulfilling lives has led to research focused on disability, homelessness, and marginalization, including the support systems that move individuals beyond recovery to transcendence. Dr. Allison is acutely aware of the ways our systems and technologies exclude, and our need to apply mindfulness and intentionality for inclusion.
“My ability to see and share where things connect and where they lead allows me to help individuals and organizations expand their potential.”
Education
PhD - Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Ca 2001
MA - Organization Development, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, Ca 1996
Bachelor of Music - Music Therapy, Wayne State University, Detroit Mi
AA - Socio-Psychology Wayne County Community College
Recent Publications
LGBT Spirituality and Leadership - 4th Annual Phoenix Research Symposium, University of Phoenix, Phoenix AZ 2015
Community Workshops LGBT Boomers and Beyond Coalition - Phoenix, AZ 2008 - 2012
Long Term Care Planning – Arizona Association of Independent Advisors November 5, 2011
Lifespan Respite for GLBT Families breakout session – National Lifespan Respite Conference Glendale, AZ 2011
TAP Education Series - Phoenix, AZ 2008 - 2011
Conference Keynote Address – Trends, Tradition, Tomorrow: LGBT Aging Our Way! LGBT Boomers & Beyond Annual
Church of the Beatitudes Phoenix, AZ April, 2010
Caregivers Care – Murph Church Glendale, AZ January 2009
Managing Expanding Personal and Career Roles - Greater Phoenix Gay and Lesbian
Chamber of Commerce January 2009
Powerful Tools for Caregivers – SCAN Health Plan of Arizona Phoenix, AZ January 2009
Research Interests
Structural inequalities and design of systemic interventions for sustainability (Trauma and Transcendence; Capacity Development, Spirituality and Leadership).
Certificates
Accredited Associate - International Institute for Independent Business Hertfordshire WD17 1UB UK
Master Trainer - Powerful Tools for Caregivers, Legacy Health System Portland OR
Certified Senior Advisor - Society for Certified Senior Advisors Denver CO
Professional Sociological Practitioner - Fielding Graduate University
Professionals Memberships
2015 - American Association of University Women
2014 - present University Career Women
2012 - present American Sociological Association
Sex and Gender Section - Publications Committee 2015
Access and Inclusion
Structural Inequality
Capacity Development
Social Construction and Spirituality
Courses
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SOC 194 | Special Topics |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SOC 194 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
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| SOC 194 | Special Topics |
My ability to see and share where things connect and where they lead allows me to help individuals and organizations expand their potential. In my current position, I use these skills helping students see beyond graduation to how they will apply what they learn in their lives. Through coaching, I help executives move toward their next personal and organizational success. Through consulting I help organizations clarify goals and build on past successes.
Dr. Allison's background combines music, disability and social sciences. Her experience has encompassed the use of music therapy with clients in vocational training programs, facilitating large systems change projects, executive coaching and work with diverse students in higher education. Her current responsibilities include development and expansion of services to provide alternative access accommodations to print and audio/video materials while helping faculty and staff proactively design for greater accessibility.
Dr. Allison is a practicing sociologist whose focus is on systems change related to disability, diversity, organizational growth and personal transformation. My research interests are informed by experiences in service delivery, organizational development, community leadership and organizational behavior with a current emphasis on:new initiative to enhance the success of individuals who identify as neurodivergent or have intellectual disabilities.