Emily Shea Tanis, PhD
Shea Tanis, Ph.D. is the Director for Policy and Advocacy at the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities at the
University of Colorado. The Institute works to catalyze and integrate advances in technology for people with cognitive disabilities and their families. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in applied cognitive technology, cognitive accessibility, and advancing the rights of people with cognitive disabilities to technology and information access.
Dr. Tanis is also on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where she serves as the PI for the State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Longitudinal Data Project of National Significance funded by the Administration for Community Living, which investigates the determinants of public spending for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services across the United States.