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Amanda Kraus

Associate Professor of Practice, Educational Policy Studies and Practice
Assistant Vice President for Campus Life
Executive Director for Disability Resources and Chief Accessibility Officer
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akraus@arizona.edu
520-621-6505
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Dr. Amanda Kraus serves as Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Arizona, where she has worked for more than twenty years. As the university’s senior administrator for the student experience outside the classroom, she provides leadership and strategic vision for the programs and services that together build a foundation for students’ personal and academic success. Her division oversees student safety, disability access, health, wellness, career development, involvement, and housing.

Dr. Kraus is also Associate Professor of Practice in Arizona’s Center for the Study of Higher Education, where she has taught courses on student affairs, student development, and disability in higher education. Her research focuses on universal design in student services, student veterans, and disability dynamics in higher education.

Before her current appointment, Dr. Kraus served as Assistant Vice President for Campus Life and Executive Director of the Disability Resource Center, one of the largest in the nation and an international model of progressive service delivery, uniquely positioned to approach campus access systemically. She is a past president of the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).

Dr. Kraus has worked with institutions and organizations including Singapore Management University, Duke, Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to advance inclusion and equity in higher education. She was invited to join two US Department of State delegations on disability access in education and employment, one in Beijing, China, and another in Washington, D.C. She has also consulted internationally on universal design at Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore and the United States International University–Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

Beyond her university role, Dr. Kraus serves on the board of Visit Tucson and on Southwest Airlines’ Customer Accessibility Advisory Committee.

Dr. Kraus earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona and her B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University.