M. Christina Rivera, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies and the director for the Special Education-Deaf/Hard of Hearing teacher preparation program and Accelerated Master’s Program. She has over 30 years of experience in the field of deaf education as a researcher, PK-12 teacher and supervisor, parent advisor, and sign language instructor to families of deaf children. She is the Principle Investigator and Project Director for Project OIC: Enhancing Professional Preparation through Online Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Representation and Diversity in Early Childhood Deaf Education, OSEP funded personnel preparation grants. She was the research coordinator for the Center on Literacy and Deafness at the University of Arizona. She has authored/co-authored four peer-reviewed articles, three book chapters, and 37 presentations. She is a UA DPS representative for the Arizona Coalition for Educator Preparation and Practice (ACEPP), the state level organization of Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR Center). Her research interests include teacher quality, the itinerant model of service delivery, and the needs of DHH students who are culturally and linguistically diverse.