Lieke van Heumen
Clinical Associate Professor
Disability and Human Development
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About
Lieke van Heumen is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Disability and Human Development. She is a 2015 graduate of the Department’s PhD program in Disability Studies. She received both her undergraduate and master degrees in psychology with a specialization in gerontology from the Radboud University in the Netherlands. Lieke worked as a psychologist in five group homes for people with intellectual disabilities in the Netherlands.
Selected Grants
Special Olympics International, Special Olympics Research and Evaluation Translation and Dissemination Project Years 1, 2 and 3, Principal Investigator
Retirement Research Foundation, Building Community Capacity for Person-Centered Planning for People Aging with ID, Principal Investigator
Individual Advocacy Group and Envision Unlimited through Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Short Term Stabilization Homes Evaluation, Co-Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
Service to Community
Dr. van Heumen is the secretary of the Inclusive Research Special Interest Research Group of IASSIDD, the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Notable Honors
2023, Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2021-2022, Teaching Recognition Program Award, UIC
2017, Excalibur Award for Teaching Excellence, AHS Student Council, UIC
2016, Student and Early Career Professionals Special Interest Group Scholarship and Gerontology Division Student Scholarship, Amerian Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Education
PhD, Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015
MS, Psychology, Radboud University, the Netherlands, 2008
BS, Psychology, Radboud University, the Netherlands, 2006