College of Arts and Sciences
Department Alumni
Sandy Root-Elledge
Sandy Root-Elledge is the Associate Director of Programs and Program Development at the Wyoming Institute of Disabilities (WIND) in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming. She is a 2001 graduate with an M.A. from the University of Wyoming's Department of Sociology. In her current position, she oversees the development and implementation of programs that enhance the lives of individuals in Wyoming with disabilities. This work includes developing grant proposals, managing staff, developing and overseeing and collaborating with state agency administrators.
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.