Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Educational Foundations and Special Education | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2015 - 2016 | Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development |
TN Higher Education Comissions | |
Role: Director | |
$180,000 | |
2015 - 2016 | State Technical Assistance Project |
Tennessee Department of Education | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$72,000 | |
2014 - 2015 | An Evaluation of Student Support Practices Across TBR Institutions and their Perceived Impact on Student Retention and Graduation of Non-Traditional Students with Dependent Children |
Tennessee Board of Regents | |
Research Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$40,000 | |
2014 - 2015 | Center of Excellence in Early Childhood |
TN Higher Education Commission | |
Role: Director | |
$177,200 | |
2014 - 2015 | Providing Support to Students with Depending Children to Increase Engagement, Retention, and Success |
Tennessee Board of Regents | |
Student Engagement, Retention, and Success Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$39,981 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2012 - Present | Team Member, Tennessee Statewide Autism Summit Team | 2010 - Present | Consulting Editor, International Association of Special Education Journal | 2006 - Present | Editorial Review Board, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities | 1992 - Present | Editorial Review Board, Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities | Present | Invited Member, Kappa Delta Pi | Present | Invited Member, Phi Delta Kappa | Present | Invited Member, Phi Kappa Phi | Present | Member, The Council for Exceptional Children: Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities | 2019 | Guest Reviewer, Behavioral Disorders |
Honors and Awards
- 1987 - Nominated Outstanding Student CEC Member
- 1988 - Herbert Prehm Award Recipient for Outstanding Graduate Student Research in Mental Retardation, CEC-Division on Mental Retardation
- 1988-1989 - Dissertation Fellowship Award Recipient, SIU-Carbondale Graduate School, Carbondale, IL
- 1989 - Outstanding Young Men of America
- 1991 - Nominated as Outstanding Teacher, University of South Dakota,
- 1992-1993 - Nominated as Outstanding Teacher, University of South Dakota
- 1992 - Commendation for Distance Teaching, Recognized by the South Dakota Rural Development Telecommunications Network, State of South Dakota
- 1996 - Inductee, Herrin High School Athletic Hall of Fame
- 1996 - Certificate of Recognition for Contribution from the CEC Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Austin, TX
- 1996-1997 - Nominated “Professor of the Year” as recognized by the Panhellinic Council at Tennessee Technological University
- 1997 - Awarded 1st place for Poster Presentations at the 1997 SEAAMR Meeting, Lousville, KY
- 1999 - Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, TTU Mortar Board Society
- 2000-2001 - Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
- 2002 - Recipient, Caplenor Research Award, Tennessee Technological University
- 2002 - TTU President’s Commendation for Teaching
- 2005 - Outstanding Presentation Award, IASE Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 2009 - Who’s Who in America
- 2015 - Outstanding Presentation Award, IASE Conference, Wroclaw, Poland
Courses
- SPED 2300 - Exceptional Learners
- EDFN 5950 - Research Methods
1989 | PhD, Special Education, Southern Illinois University Carbondale | |
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1986 | MS, Southern Illinois University | |
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1985 | BS, Therapeutic Recreation, Southern Illinois University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70547
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: Warf-Pickel 510
Phone: 423-439-4196
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