Eve Tominey Photo: Denise Applewhite
Eve Tominey has been named to the newly created post of director for disability services in the Office of the Provost.
Tominey has taught and worked in student support services roles at
several institutions, including Cornell University and the University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
The position was created upon recommendation of the Priorities
Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community to more
effectively meet the needs of faculty, staff, students and visitors
with disabilities. In particular, the position was established to
respond to the growth in the population of students with special needs
-- especially those with learning disabilities -- that is occurring not
only at Princeton but at universities nationwide.
The responsibility for disability services at Princeton is spread among
several offices, including the dean of undergraduate students, the dean
of the college, the dean of the Graduate School, the dean of the
faculty and human resources. Tominey is charged with developing a
strategic and fiscal plan for coordinating these services and
accommodations and with ensuring compliance with federal and state
laws.
"Anticipating both a larger undergraduate student body and, according
to national trends, an expected increase in the number of students with
disabilities who are preparing to attend college, it is increasingly
essential that Princeton has adequate resources and the expertise to
manage and monitor the increasingly complex interactive approach
required for determining reasonable accommodations," said Terri Harris
Reed, vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, to whom
Tominey reports.
"Eve's references all spoke to her knowledge of the issues and
dedication to her work and to the love and respect that students and
colleagues alike felt toward her," she continued. "Fruitful
relationships are at the heart of any disabilities services initiative,
and I am confident that Eve will serve our community well in this
regard."
Among Tominey's responsibilities will be handling student requests for
accommodations, coordinating the evaluation of diagnostic tests or
professional prescriptions, and developing notification and monitoring
processes. She also is expected to expand learning disability support
services with existing academic support units. In addition, she will
provide assistance for other offices involved in determining employee
eligibility for services, and she will staff a disability advisory
board.
From 2000 to 2005, Tominey served in several capacities at Cornell
University. She was a lecturer in the Center for Learning and Teaching,
where she taught a critical thinking course to undergraduates and
presented numerous workshops on learning strategies to students,
faculty and staff. She also served as a faculty academic adviser to
student-athletes and had a faculty appointment as the Americans With
Disabilities Act training coordinator for the Program on Employment and
Disabilities in the School of Industrial Labor Relations.
For the past year, Tominey was a lecturer and counselor in the Center
for Student Academic Resources at UMDNJ. She also has taught
undergraduate and graduate courses on learning disabilities at
Roosevelt University and Northeastern Illinois University.
A graduate of Rutgers University, Tominey holds a master's degree from
Marymount University in Arlington, Va. She has completed work toward a
Ph.D. at the University of Texas-Austin, where she also served as a
student affairs administrator coordinating academic accommodations for
students with disabilities.