Universal Design
Universal Design
Carol Hunter is the founder and current DEEEP Coordinator for the Domínguez Escalante Expedition Education Project. She believed that this Expedition should be highlighted, especially in anticipation of the 250/150 anniversary celebrations. Carol’s main focuses were for accessibility, and to create a timeless, educational tool for the school children of Colorado.
Carol’s entire life prepared her for this project and these are just a few highlights!
She has extensive experience, which includes the U.S. Forest Service Special Detail, Washington, D.C. evaluating programs and facilities for inclusion of persons with disabilities. In 1989 she was awarded the Secretary of Agriculture’s Certification of Recognition for outstanding contributions to American’s natural and cultural resources. She then moved on to found and direct Partners for Access to the Woods (PAW) – a national non-profit whose mission was to open public lands to persons with disabilities. PAWs had many Federal partners: USFS, NPS, USFW, BOR and the State partner of Colorado.
Universal Design is Carol’s passion and she wrote the book Everyone’s Nature: Accessible Outdoor Facilities and Programs Using Universal Design for the Colorado Division of Wildlife in 2002. She was a mentor for the Colorado School of Mines for Universal Design Projects and taught Universal Design at the University of Colorado, Boulder School of Architecture.
Historical research is also part of Carol’s background. She presented research for “Medicine Wheels: Mysteries of the Northern Plains” for the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. She was the first recipient of the DeWitt Dominick Award for Research: Buffalo Bill Historical Center. In 2013, Carol was invited by the Pleasant Rump Nekota First Nation and the Saskatchewan Historical Society to visit their Medicine Wheel, an untouched site.
She received degrees in Sociology/Anthropology and Business Administration.
Carol can be reached at deeepcoordinator@gmail.com.
