Special Education Faculty
Michael Benz, Special Education Program Chair and Professor
637C Harrington Tower
979.845.1372
mbenz@tamu.edu
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- Adolescents At-risk of School and Community Failure
- Secondary Education and Transition Services
Lisa Bowman-Perrott, Assistant Professor of Special Education647 Harrington Tower
979.862.3879
lbperrott@tamu.edu
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- Academic & Behavioral Interventions for Students At-Risk of School Failure
- Alternative Education
- Dropout Prevention
- Effective Instruction for English Language Learners
- Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Mack Burke, Associate Professor of Special Education
648 Harrington Tower
979.845.4619
mburke@tamu.edu
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- Academic/behavioral screening and progress monitoring
- Academich/behavioral interventions for at-risk students
Glenda Byrns, Clinical Assistant Professor of Special Education
701H Harrington Tower
979.862.2289
gbyrns@tamu.edu
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Constance Fournier, Clinical Professor of Special Education
701F Harrington Tower
979.458.1864
cfournier@tamu.edu
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Research Interests
- Acceptability
- Ethics
- Teacher Acceptance of Interventions
- Teacher Efficacy
Jennifer Ganz, Associate Professor of Special Education
637G Harrington Tower
979.862.2823
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- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Communication and social skills interventions
- Single-subject research
Yvonne Goddard, Assistant Professor of Special Education
603 Harrington Tower
979.862.2008
ygoddard@tamu.edu
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- Connections between leadership and teachers' instructional practises
- Differentiated instruction
- Effective instruction in inclusive classrooms
- Teacher collaboration
Shanna Hagan-Burke, Associate Professor of Special Education
652 Harrington Tower
979.845.7423
shaganburke@tamu.edu
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- Academic Interventions for Students with High Incidence Disabilities
- Behavior Disorders
- Early Literacy and Reading
- Single-case Research Methodology
Tiersa Hopkins, Special Education Program Coordinator
404 Harrington Tower
979.574.3531
thopkins@tamu.edu
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- Family Involvement in Education
- Secondary Special Education
- Transition from School to Work
Douglas Palmer, Professor of Special Education and Dean of College of Education and Human Development
801C Harrington Tower
979.862.6649
dpalmer@tamu.edu
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- Instruction of Special Needs Students
- Teacher Expertise
Richard Parker, Associate Professor of Special Education
604 Harrington Tower
979.845.7505
rparker@tamu.edu
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- International Education/Latin American Literacy/Reading
Research Interests
- Applied behaviour analysis
- Autism and developmental disabilities
- Challenging behaviour
- Special education
Amy Sharp, Visiting Assistant Professor of Special Education
Research Interests
- Advocacy
- Disaster and disability
- Family Involvement in Education
- Special Education
- Curriculum analysis and development
- Models and methods of literacy acquisition and development
- Prevention and remediation of academic learning problems in students with learning disabilities and at risk for school failure
Kimberly Vannest, Assistant Professor of Special Education979.862.3881
Research Interests
- Progress Monitoring
- Single Case Research
- Emotional Behavorial Disorders
979.862.6514
- Self-determination
- Transition education and services for individuals with disabilities
