Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Elementary and Special Education | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2021 - 2021 | Fall Georgia Southern Faculty Development Award to present research findings at an international conference |
Georgia Southern University | |
$1,073.63 | |
2021 | Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities IPSE grant to support inclusive post-secondary education programs in Georgia and to increase student access to IPSE experiences for individuals with IDD label across the state |
Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities grant competition | |
Colleague(s): J. Pickens | |
$37,120 | |
2020 | Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities IPSE grant to support inclusive post-secondary education programs in Georgia and to increase student access to IPSE experiences for individuals with IDD label across the state |
Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities grant competition | |
Colleague(s): J. Pickens | |
$32,250 | |
2020 | Georgia Southern University Summer Undergraduate Student Research Funding |
Georgia Southern University | |
$720 | |
2019 | Extending the current understanding of school environments for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users |
Georgia Southern University, College of Education Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant Submission | |
Role: K.L. Haughney | |
$5,175 | |
2019 | Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities IPSE grant to support inclusive post-secondary education programs in Georgia and to increase student access to IPSE experiences for individuals with IDD label across the state |
Georgia Council for Developmental Disabilities grant competition | |
Role: C. Howerter | |
$37,827 | |
2019 | Georgia TPSID subaward, 5th year |
Primary award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Transitions and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities grant awarded to the Center for Leadership in Disability at Georgia State University | |
$25,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Member, Assistive Technology Consortium for Southeast Georgia Learning Resource Systems | 2019 - Present | Mentor, Content specialist for Georgia Southern College of Education | 2019 - Present | Executive Director, EAGLE Academy, Georgia Southern University | 2019 - Present | Member, Georgia Inclusive Postsecondary Education Consortium (GAIPSEC) Leadership and implementation teams | 2019 - Present | Reviewer, Journal of Special Education | 2018 - Present | Member, Julia P. Bryant Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization | 2018 - Present | Reviewer, The Urban Review | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Intervention in School and Clinic | 2021 - 2023 | Member, Georgia Southern College of Education Elections Committee | 2019 - 2022 | Member, Southeast Postsecondary Education Alliance | 2016 - 2022 | Member, Division of Career Development and Transition, Council for Exceptional Children | 2016 - 2022 | Member, Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children | 2015 - 2022 | Member, Division of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children | 2014 - 2022 | Member, Council for Exceptional Children | 2020 - 2021 | Co-Chair, Georgia Southern College of Education Student Affairs Committee | 2014 - 2021 | Member, TASH | 2021 | Review Panel Member, Scholarship Development Program | 2019 - 2020 | Committee member, Georgia Southern College of Education Student Affairs | 2019 | Co-organized and presented, EAGLE Academy Operation Move-In and Parent/Student Fall 2019 Orientation | 2019 | Reviewer, Georgia Journal of Reading |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Certificate of Distinction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Education, Department of Educational and Clinical Studies Master's Program (2009)
- Recipient, RAVE Review, Clark County School District, Las Vegas (2010-2011)
- Recipient, Southwest Airlines Travel Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation (2017)
- Awarded Rodman Scholar Graduate Assistantship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2017-2018)
- Awarded the position of Executive Director of EAGLE Academy, an inclusive postsecondary education program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Georgia Southern University (2019)
- Nominated, Georgia Southern University Faculty Leadership Award (2021)
- Nominated, Georgia Southern University College of Education Jack Miller Award for Service (2022)
Courses
- SPED 5533 Assessment and Procedures for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2 sections) (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 8410 Career Development and Transition Planning (Graduate, Online)
- RLC 1000 Eagle Educators Living Learning Community (Undergraduate, Co-Taught, Pass/Fail, Hybrid)
- IPSE 1201 Daily Living: Advanced – EAGLE Academy (IPSE program, Lecture) – August and September
- SPED 3130 Characteristics of Mild Disabilities (Undergraduate, Lecture)
- ESED 4090 The EAGLE Experience – EAGLE Academy (IPSE program, Lecture) – August and September
- SPED 4090 Transition – EAGLE Academy (IPSE program, Lecture) – August and September
- SPED 4733 SPED P-5 Practicum (Undergraduate, Lecture and Supervision)
- SPED 5799 Student Teaching (Undergraduate Lecture and Supervision)
- SPED 7136 Language Development (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7411 Assistive Technology for Students with Disabilities (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7630 Seminar in Special Education (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7631 Perspectives on Characteristics of Mild Disabilities (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7634 Characteristics and Assessment of Low-Incidence Disabilities (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7635 Methods for Moderate/Severe Disabilities (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 7736 Internship in SPED General Curriculum (Graduate, Online, Supervision))
- SPED 8532 Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Graduate, Online)
- SPED 8533 Assessment and Procedures for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Graduate, Online)
2018 | Ph.D. in Special Education, Intellectual Disability & Autism, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
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2009 | M.Ed. in Special Education, Intellectual Disability & Autism, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
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1998 | B.A. in English, California Lutheran University | |
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 8134
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-5244
Fax: (912) 478-0026
Office: 4142 College of Education Building
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