Office of Student Life

Contact My Access Specialist

Your Access Specialist is assigned to you based on your academic college/major. Refer to the table below to find your Access Specialist's information. You can contact your Access Specialist by emailing them or scheduling a follow-up appointment.

Follow-up Meetings:

Examples of reasons to schedule a follow-up meeting include adjusting accommodations, housing questions, accommodation implementation concerns, and working with your Access Specialist regarding an ongoing matter. Other matters that would go beyond the 15-minute time limit of a drop-in should be discussed during a follow-up meeting. 

Drop-in Consultations:

Drop-in consultations for students, faculty, staff, and guests can be conducted via phone or in person for Autumn 2024. Drop-in hours are Monday-Friday from 10a-1p and 2p-4p. Some staff may visit with you virtually even if you are on-site if they are working remotely that day. 

  • Drop-ins are intended to provide you with an opportunity to speak with an Access Specialist about time-sensitive matters. They are limited to 10-15 minutes and are intended for issues that can be resolved quickly.
  • Some examples of appropriate drop-in topics include technical issues with AIM, urgent temporary accommodations, questions about documentation or next steps in the application process, or faculty consultations.
  • Your drop-in request may not be resolved same day.
  • You must be in the queue 15 minutes prior to the end of the consult times. 

 

Access Specialist Academic Colleges Email Address Schedule a Follow-Up Appt.

Heidi Aune (Lead Access Specialist) 

  • Arts and SciencesSocial and Behavioral Department of Neuroscience
  • Dentistry
  • Medicine, professional students 

aune.5@osu.edu

Schedule with Heidi

Kayleigh Benson

  • Education and Human Ecology
  • Arts and Sciences: Social and Behavioral Departments of Geography and Journalism

benson.500@osu.edu

Schedule with Kayleigh

Kelly Bonice (Associate Director)

  • Social Work

 

bonice.3@osu.edu

Schedule with Kelly

Madalyn Lyons

  • Medicine, non-professional students (including the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)
  • Nursing
  • Animal Sciences

lyons.664@osu.edu

Schedule with Madalyn

Caitlyn McCandless (Associate Director)

  • Law
  • Veterinary Medicine

mccandless.8@osu.edu

Schedule with Caity

Cormac McKenzie

  • Arts and Sciences: Social and Behavioral Departments of Anthropology, Communication, and Political Science
  • Public Affairs
  • Public Health
  • University Exploration

mckenzie.549@osu.edu

Schedule with Cormac

Sarah Ring

  • Business: Finance
  • Arts and Sciences: Humanities Departments of African American and African Studies; Classics; Comparative Studies; East Asian Languages and Lit., English; French and Italian; Germanic Languages and Lit.; History; International Studies; Linguistics; Near Eastern Languages and Lit.; Slavic and East European Languages and Lit.; Spanish and Portuguese; and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

ring.134@osu.edu

Schedule with Sarah

Connor Ruetz

  • Engineering: Departments of Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) including Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE). (Except Animal Sciences)

ruetz.6@osu.edu

Schedule with Connor

Michelle Salomone

  • Arts and SciencesSocial and Behavioral Departments of Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy, and Speech & Hearing Science
  • Arts and Sciences: Natural and Mathematical Zoology

salomone.6@osu.edu

Schedule with Michelle

Jamonae Scarborough

  • Arts and Sciences: Arts, Visual and Performing Dance
  • Engineering: All depts/majors except for FABE, Computer Science and Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

scarborough.57@osu.edu

Schedule with Jamonae

Jenny Speas

  • Arts and Sciences: Natural and Mathematical Departments of Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics
  • Arts and Sciences: Social and Behavioral Departments of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Arts and Sciences: Arts, Visual and Performing Departments of Art; Art Admin, Education and Policy; Design; History of Art; (School of) Music; and Theatre; Undecided
  • Optometry
  • Other (e.g. College Credit Plus, Non-Degree-Seeking, Program 60)

speas.11@osu.edu

Schedule with Jenny

Lauren Rose Strand 

  • Arts and Sciences: Natural and Mathematical Departments of Astronomy, Chemistry and Biochemistry, EEOB, (Center for) Life Sciences Education, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Physics
  • Pharmacy

strand.12@osu.edu

Schedule with Lauren Rose 

Nathalie Weissman  


  • Business (Except Finance)
  • Arts and Sciences: Social and Behavioral Economics
  • TOPS

weissman.75@osu.edu

Schedule with Nathalie

Access Specialist Team

Heidi Aune (Hartley) - a smiling white woman with shoulder length brown hair wearing a black blouse.

Heidi Aune

Lead Access Specialist

Kayleigh Benson

Access Specialist

Madalyn Lyons - A white woman with light brown hair, wearing a blazer, floral blouse, and necklace.

Madalyn Lyons, LSW

Access Specialist

Cormac McKenzie

Access Specialist

Sarah Ring

Access Specialist

Connor Ruetz, a smiling white man with blonde hair, wearing a white shirt, blue suit coat, and tie.

Connor Ruetz

Access Specialist

Michelle Salomone - a white woman with brown hair wearing a blouse, a sweater, and glasses.

Michelle Salomone, LSW

Access Specialist

Jamonae Scarborough - A Black woman with shoulder length twists, wearing brown top and a nose ring.

Jamonae Scarborough

Access Specialist

Jenny Speas- A smiling white woman with shoulder-length, brown/grey hair wearing a maroon blouse.

Jenny Speas

Access Specialist

Dr. Lauren Rose Strand - A woman with blond hair wearing a cardigan over a teal blouse.

Lauren Rose Strand, PhD

Access Specialist

Nathalie Weissman

Access Specialist

Associate Directors

Caitlyn McCandless - A woman with long brown hair wearing a black, v-neck blouse and a necklace.

Caitlyn McCandless

Associate Director

Kelly Bonice - A white woman with wavy blonde hair with bangs wearing a pink blouse with a v-neck.

Kelly Bonice, LSW

Associate Director