Michelle L. Bonati is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and an Honorary Associate in Special and Inclusive Education, Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. She earned her PhD in Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. Her research interests include examining service-learning as a context for developing inclusive K–12 schools, universities and communities. She examines the interactions of persons with and without disability, focusing on processes that facilitate and inhibit access to the general curriculum, reciprocal peer relationships, and valued roles of individuals with complex support needs.