Roger Ideishi

Roger Ideishi (he/him/Japanese American) is a Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences at The George Washington University. He is co-founder of Philadelphia Chinatown Disability Advocacy Project supporting disabled immigrants navigate culturally and linguistically inaccessible health, education, and social systems. He has advised over 100 national and international cultural institutions on accessibility and inclusion including in Japan, China, Russia, Romania, and Ireland. He received the 2017 Philadelphia Art-Reach Cultural Access Impact Award, the 2019 VSA/Access Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Excellence in Accessibility Leadership Award, and was recognized in 2022 by the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts as a Next 50 honoree for significant impacts on society through the arts.