Our Staff

Hassan Wardi serves as Director of the Office of Accessible Education at Santa Clara University. He brings more than 20 years of experience in human services, behavioral health, and accessibility leadership in the United States and internationally.

At Santa Clara, Hassan leads the OAE team and works with students, faculty, and staff to identify barriers to learning and participation. He focuses on making services easier for students to navigate and giving faculty and staff clear guidance on how to support access. In keeping with Santa Clara’s Jesuit commitment to educating the whole person, he believes that good support starts with listening to students and respecting what they know about their own needs. That approach guides the office’s work in academic accommodations, accessible testing, assistive technology, and accessible learning materials.

Hassan provided behavioral consultation to families and K–12 school teams as a behavior specialist at Children’s Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also worked as a behavioral psychologist in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in a role affiliated with the University of Salford in Manchester, United Kingdom. He served for nine years as Manager of Student Accessibility Services at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, where he led accessibility services, coordinated support across departments, and worked with faculty to put accommodations into practice. He also led workshops for students and faculty on practical ways to make learning more accessible.

Hassan’s academic background spans human services, counseling psychology, criminal justice, journalism, and digital media. He holds the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) credential from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and is licensed as a Behavior Specialist in Pennsylvania.

Beyond his work at Santa Clara, Hassan cares about mentorship and expanding educational opportunities for young people and families. He comes from a Nubian family with a rich musical tradition. Hassan is fluent in English, Arabic, Nubian, and Russian.