Dolores Cimini, PhD, was awarded a Presidential Citation for being a formidable leader, blazing a trail for women and persons with disabilities into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.
Recognized in an APA Monitor on Psychology® article as "A Champion of Change," Cimini has generated nearly $7 million from the National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Justice and Department of Education to develop, implement and evaluate STEM programs for women and persons with disabilities. She has been acknowledged for this work by the Obama administration and had the honor of visiting the White House to speak to these issues and celebrate policy victories. Cimini has co-chaired the National Science Foundation's Women with Disabilities in STEM Education Research Agenda Development Project and remains committed to APA as a Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest board member and former co-chair of the APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology. Cimini tirelessly advocates for and embodies the inclusion of psychology as a STEM science. She is our seat at that table.