Special Education Faculty
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Keishana L. Barnes Virtual Office Hours: Appointments can be made by email. |
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LaSheba W. Hilliard Appointments can be made by email. |
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William Hunter Virtual Office Hours: Appointments can be made by email. |
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| Suman Rath Assistant Professor of Special Education PhD, University of Kansas |
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| George Falls Assistant Professor of Teaching, Special Education |
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Research Projects, Grants, Scholarships Service
The faculty of the Special Education Program conducts research initiatives that target community outreach, cutting edge teaching methodologies, and teaching with technology. The faculty averages about eight externally funded grants per year that bring in over $4.5 million.
Most of these research endeavors focus on community outreach in areas such as inclusion, positive behavior supports, paraprofessional training, early intervention, literacy, assistive technology, and teacher recruitment/retention. The faculty and graduate assistants involved in these projects are committed to improving the conditions for persons with disabilities and their families in the Mid-South region. There is also a commitment to carry out research and publish the highest quality research.
Special Education faculty members are key national contributors in the areas of applied behavior analysis, cultural diversity, video self-modeling, preschool inclusion, teacher recruitment and retention, family involvement. The program faculty members have developed a history of securing external sponsorship to support a variety of significant research agendas that is second to none. Students leaving our doctoral program have filled professorship positions at colleges across the country as well as become leaders in the local special education community.