Christopher Brum, Ph.D.

Bio

Dr. Chris Brum began his career as a special education teacher for Boston Public Schools and eventually received his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with focus on Special Education from Boston College. He was selected for a doctoral fellowship with the National Leadership Consortium on Sensory Disabilities (NLCSD). NLCSD, an Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) funded personnel preparation program, sponsored thirty scholars from across the nation in the areas of deafness, blindness and deafblindness for doctoral studies and an on-going enrichment program. Dr. Brum’s areas of interest include deafblindness, low-incidence disabilities, autism, literacy instruction and communication development. Currently, Dr. Brum is working as a Site Coordinator and Literacy Coach for the Center on Secondary Education for student with Autism Spectrum Disorder (CSESA), as well as researching how literacy can support communication development for individuals with congenital deafblindness.

Education

• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction, Special Education/ Deafblindness
  Sep. 2010 - Aug. 2016
• M.Ed. Severe Disabilities/ Deafblindness
  Passed Master’s Comprehensive Examination with Distinction
  Apr. 2007 - Dec. 2008
• Northeastern University, Boston, MA
  B.S. Psychology
  Minor in Biology and coursework in Physical Therapy
  Sep. 2001 – Apr. 2005

Publications

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