Special Education
The Department of Special Education (SPED) prepares educators and other professionals to work with people with exceptionalities
and their families. The majority of our programs prepare special education teachers
to work with children with disabilities and their families from birth through young
adulthood. There are also programs for those interested in working with gifted and
talented students.
In addition to tenure-track faculty and full-time instructors, SPED employs more than
50 field-based, part-time instructors.
Faculty areas of expertise include:
- Disability as diversity
- Cultural and linguistic diversity
- Post-secondary transition
- Birth to 5 early childhood special education
- Response to intervention
- Behavior analysis
- Assessment
- Instructional adaptations
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Name |
Title |
Office |
Phone |
Email |
|
Special Education |
|
NE-70
|
619-594-6665 |
|
 |
Regina R. Brandon, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
NE-90
|
619-594-8408 |
[email protected] |
 |
Christopher R. Brum, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor |
NE-97
|
619-594-4814 |
[email protected] |
 |
Janice Chan, M.A., BCBA |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
858-966-7703 x243509 |
[email protected] |
 |
Lauren Collins, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
 |
Claudia Dunn, Ph.D. |
Visiting Professor |
NE-96
|
|
[email protected] |
|
Gretchen Grundon, M.A., BCBA |
|
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
 |
Laura J. Hall, Ph.D., BCBA-D |
Professor & Chair |
NE-74B
|
619-594-0768 |
[email protected] |
|
Elizabeth Howerton |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
|
Natalie Hoxie |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
 |
Bonnie Kraemer, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
NE-88
|
619-594-3492 |
[email protected] |
 |
Paul Luelmo, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor |
NE-72B
|
|
[email protected] |
|
Vanessa Montes |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
|
Catherine Prodor |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
|
Beth Allison Scharf |
Lecturer |
NE-70
|
|
[email protected] |
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Jessica Suhrheinrich, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
NE-95
|
619-594-2135 |
[email protected] |
|
Luz E Torres, B.A. |
Administrative Support Assistant |
NE-70
|
619-594-6665 |
[email protected] |
 |
Yasemin Turan-Qian, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
NE-72B
|
619-594-4318 |
[email protected] |
|
Carolyn Veseliny, M.A. |
Special Education Projects |
NE-74C
|
|
[email protected] |
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Hillary Whiteside |
Director of Children's Workshop, TIEE |
NE-70
|
(619) 521-3990 |
[email protected] |
Building Abbreviations Used in this Directory
| Building Abbreviation |
Building Name |
| NE |
North Education |