Valerie (Val) Alexander Renault, M.A.

Information/Dissemination Coordinator
Research and Training Center on Independent Living
The University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Room 4089 Dole, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555
Phone: (785) 864-4095, FAX: (785) 864-5063, TTY (785) 864-0706
e-mail:vrenault@ku.edu  

Professional Biography

Val Renault develops and disseminates informational materials about the work conducted by the RTC/IL. This includes producing fact sheets, newsletters, brochures and other materials, as well as overseeing the Center's website and social media outreach.

She also assists in implementation of the Community Engagement Initiative, a project to improve health care access for people with disabilities; trains facilitators for Living Well with a Disability; and created an online training about animal emergency preparedness.

Her experience as a professional communicator includes work with the University of Kansas Hospital, KU's Work Group for Community Health and Development, the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved and the KU School of Business.

She also taught English literature and composition at KU for a total of nine years.

Education

Renault has a master's degree in English literature from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in seondary education with a language arts concentration from the University of Kansas.

2011