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Faculty Research Interests


Manju Banerjee

  • Universal Design for Instruction and its application to assessment and technology-mediated instruction;
  • Disability documentation;
  • High stakes testing;
  • Assistive and instructional technologies;
  • Postsecondary transition for students with learning disabilities;
  • Diagnostic assessment; and
  • Implications of legal mandates for transition.

Michael N. Faggella-Luby

  • Learning disabilities;
  • Literacy;
  • Reading education;
  • Special education;
  • Diverse learning needs;
  • Instructional design;
  • Secondary education; and
  • School reform.

Donna M. Korbel

  • Transition of postsecondary students with disabilities to college;
  • Universal Design for Instruction and its benefits for the postsecondary education of individuals with disabilities; and
  • Professional development of college student personnel.

Joseph W. Madaus

  • Documentation of learning disabilities;
  • Transition to postsecondary education;
  • Post-school outcomes of adults with learning disabilities; and
  • Universal design for instruction in on-line classes.

Joan M. McGuire

  • Universal Design for Instruction (UDI);
  • Postsecondary disability program development, administration, and evaluation;
  • Adults with learning disabilities including outcomes of postsecondary education and employment data; and
  • Formative and summative evaluation of programs and projects such as postsecondary disability initiatives and UDI including impact analysis.

Sue Saunders

  • Professional development needs of student affairs staff; and
  • Effective supervision of new student affairs professionals.
Stan F. Shaw
  • Transition from high school to college;
  • Implementation of the Summary of Performance to enhance communication between high school and postsecondary education;
  • Staff development and preparation of postsecondary disability personnel;
  • Use and implementation of Section 504 in the schools;
  • Disability policy and law; and
  • Grant writing.