Research

Chris Bischke, Ph.D.

• Individuals with visual impairments
• Expanded Core Curriculum
• Cortical Visual Impairment /Cerebral Visual Impairment
• Family Support and Education

Sarah Ivy, Ph.D.

• Young learners with deafblindness
• Communication development for young learners using tangible forms of augmentative and alternative communication
• Evidence-based practices to increase functional academic, daily living, and communication skills

Matt Jameson, Ph.D.

• Inclusive Education Practices
• Embedded Instruction
• Instructional Technology
• Distance Education
• Special Education Law
• Positive Behavior Supports

Susan Johnston, Ph.D.

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Early Communication and Language Intervention
• Emerging Literacy
• Early Childhood Special Education

Sharlene Kiuhara, Ph.D.

My research focuses on developing interventions that improve teaching practices and learning outcomes for K-12 students who have high incidence disabilities. My currrent work investigates the effects of using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development framework (a strategic approach for developing written expression skills and self-regulation of the writing process) for constructing arguments within a multi-tiered system of instructional supports in language arts, math, and science classrooms.

Breda O'Keeffe, Ph.D.

• Academic and behavior supports for culturally and linguistically diverse students
• Assessment for students with mild/moderate disabilities
• Reading assessment and intervention

Rob O'Neill, Ph.D.

• Functional assessment
• Function-based interventions
• Schoolwide positive behavior support
• Gender issues in emotional/behavioral disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Shamby Polychronis, Ph.D.

• Post-School Outcomes for Students with Cognitive Disabilities
• Family Support Services
• Individual Rights for People with Disabilities
• Inclusive Education

Sondra Stegenga, Ph.D.

• Early social emotional assessment and intervention with a specialized focus on infants and toddlers with disabilities and their parents/caregivers
• Interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration in home and community systems serving young children and their families
• Implementation science and policy in early intervention and educational systems
• Data science and methods in early intervention and early childhood research

Ryan Walker, M.Ed.

• Inclusive Education
• Teacher Preparation
• Distance Education