Lauren J. Lieberman

Lauren J. Lieberman Ph.D. is a Distinguished Service Professor in the Kinesiology Department at SUNY Brockport in adapted physical education. She taught at The Perkins School for the Blind in the Deafblind program. She is co-director of  The Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness (IMSVI).

She is the founder and director of Camp Abilities now in 30 locations worldwide. She has published over 225 peer-reviewed articles and 24 books. In 2019 she was awarded a Global Fulbright Scholarship to promote Camp Abilities world-wide. She won the Lifetime Achievement Award for both the National Consortium of Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities and for SHAPE America. She is the co-chair for the Adapted Health and Physical Literacy Council for NAHPL.