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Urban SEALS
Leadership Board
Dr.
Patricia M.
Barbetta: Associate
Professor/ESE Program Leader, Department
of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International
University, Special Education
Grant
co-director has
several interest areas: the education urban students with emotional
handicaps, instructional strategies, instructional/assistive
technology, classroom management, and peer-mediated instruction
Dr. Elizabeth Cramer:
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Psychological
Studies, Florida International University, Special Education
Grant
co-director with research interests in students who are culturally and
linguistically diverse and teacher preparation in inclusionary
practices. She is a 2003-2004 Laser Associate which provided her with a
grant designed to investigate the needs of urban general and special
educators to effectively instruct all learners.
Dr. Ann Nevin: Visiting Professor,
Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida
International University, Special Education
Grant co-director
is
an international
scholar and expert in the field of collaborative consultation and
inclusion about which she has co-authored several well-recognized
books
Dr. Luretha Lucky: Department of
Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International
University, Special Education
She
has a longstanding interest in the education of minority
students. Her recent projects include a study of factors that
facilitate academic success in students of African descent, and
perceptions of gifted Hispanic students with limited English
proficiency.
Dr. Lisa Delpit: Director of COE Center for Urban Education and Innovation, Florida International University
Has received
the award for Outstanding Contribution to Education in 1993 from
Harvard Graduate School of Education, which hailed her as a “visionary
scholar and woman of courage.” Her work on school-community relations
and cross-cultural communication was cited when she received her
MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. Among her publications are Other
People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom (1995) and The
Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
(co-edited with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy, 2002).
Dr. Delia Garcia: Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Expertise in Urban Education
She founded
the Urban Education advanced graduate programs at FIU and established
and validated the Families Learning at School and Home (FLASH) program,
a nationally validated model of family education for linguistically and
culturally diverse populations.
Her research interests include the development of academic and social skills in students with learning and behavior disorders. Special attention is given to these issues for students from diverse backgrounds. She has written two books and numerous journal articles on these topics.
Dr. Cheryl Utley: Research Associate, The Juniper Garden’s Children’s Project, University of Kansas Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
Recent research project is “Positive Behavior Support as a Proactive Intervention Strategy for Preventing Problem Behaviors, Referrals, and Suspensions in Urban Elementary At-Risk Schools” (OSEP).
Dr. Beth Harry: University of Miami Professor of Special Department of Teaching and Learning.
Harry's research interests focus on the disproportionate placement of ethnic minorities in special education. A former member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the disproportionate placement of minorities in Special Education, she serves on several editorial boards, including Teacher Education and Special Education.
Dr. Mary Falvey: Professor Charter School of Education, California State University Los Angeles and Co-chair of TASH Urban Special Education Interest Group
Author of three books within her field of expertise, including Inclusive & Heterogeneous Education: Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction and Celebrating Abilities: A Manual for Parenting & Teachers (available November, 2004). In addition, she has co-authored over 16 book chapters and numerous journal articles. She consults with schools, school districts, and state department of education on implementing inclusive education. She served as one of the LRE Consultants on the Chanda Smith Consent Decree with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Dr. Alexis Moreno:
Miami-Dade County
Public Schools ESE Teacher,
Graduated from FIU’s special education doctoral program, 2000.
Interests include behavior management, learning disabilities, and
teacher peer coaching.
Mr. James Geary:
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Director of Special Education
Technology.
Currently, enrolled in FIU’s doctoral program. Interest and background
in working with students with emotional handicaps, universal design for
learning, and instructional and assistive technology.
Ms. Robin Morrison:
Miami-Dade
County Public Schools EH
Program Supervisor since 1997.
Oversees the EH/SED programs for MDCPS. Interests include effective
inservice training and support for teachers of students with emotional
handicaps.
Dr. Alberto Fernandez:
Principal of Neva King Cooper Educational Center Miami-Dade County
Public Schools since 1995.
Directs a large program for profoundly mentally handicapped students
since 1995. Interests include leadership in programs for students with
disabilities, particularly those who are CLD.
Dr. Charles Dukes::
Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University.
Graduate from FIU’s special education doctoral program, 2002. Interests
include functional assessment of behavior, graphic organizers.
Dr. Joan Wynne:
Associate Director of the COE Center for Urban
Education and Innovation, Florida International
University
Dedicated to issues related to the education of culturally and
linguistically diverve students in urban settings.
Dr. Louie F. Rodriguez: Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Urban Education
Research interests span educational equity issues including the intersection between civil rights and education, educational policy and reform and educator development. He has published Small Schools and Urban Youth (2007) by Corwin Press and has published research in Educational Policy, Educational Leadership, The Journal of Latinos in Education, Education and Urban Society, and Revista: The Harvard Review of Latin America. Louie is from the Chicano communities of Southern California.
Ms. Danielle Sanchez, Grant Coordinator
Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
ZEB 249A
Phone:305-348-3226 Fax: 305-348-4125
Office Email: Danielle.Sanchez@fiu.edu