Karin Fisher
Special education faculty awarded grant for recruitment of teachers
Georgia Southern University special education faculty were awarded funding to pursue nontraditional avenues for recruiting special education teachers into initial certification programs from the Georgia CEEDAR State Leadership Team (SLT) Recruit and Retain Projects Competition. The team, including the College of Education’s Eric Landers, Ph.D., Cynthia Massey, Ph.D., Stephanie Devine, Ph.D., Kathryn Haughney, Ph.D., Caitlin […]
Fisher invited to present at Council for Exceptional Children Conference
Karin Fisher, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Elementary and Special Education, was invited to present on two panel discussions at the Teacher Education Division of the Council Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference held November 2-5 in Fort Worth, Texas. The first panel Fisher participated in, titled “Surviving the First Three Years on the Tenure […]
COE faculty and staff collaborate on publication
In an article recently published in Hofstra University’s Special Education, Research, Policy and Practice (Volume 5), College of Education’s Karin Fisher, Ph.D., Peggy Shannon-Baker, Ph.D., Kelly Brooksher, Ed.D., and Kania Greer, Ed.D., collaborated to explore the benefits of STEM activities for students with disabilities. In the sequential explanatory mixed method study, the research team gather […]
Fisher invited to review book
Karin Fisher, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Elementary and Special Education, alongside special education colleague, Nai-Cheng Kuo from Augusta University were invited by Teachers College Press to review the book, Autism Through A Sensory Lens: Sensory Assessments and Strategies. Their peer-reviewed evaluation can be read at https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=23661
Fisher publishes advocacy guidance for special educators
Karin Fisher, Ph.D., assistant professor of special education in the Department of Elementary and Special Education, published an article in a recent edition of TEACHING Exceptional Children (TEC), an official journal of the Council for Exceptional Children that features research-to-practice information and materials for classroom use, as well as current trends or issues in special […]