#TosteTeam Alumni
Dr. Brennan Chandler
The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Dissertation Title:
Orthographic Learning in Students with Dyslexia: Examining the Relative Effects of Spelling and Reading Practice
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Graduate Student Research Award, College of Education, UT Austin (2024)
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Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant, Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Learning Disabilities (2023)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Sciences, Georgia State University
Dr. Beth Feuer
The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Dissertation Title:
An Examination of Goals Set by Secondary Students: Relationship Between Goal Type, Goal Attainment, and Self-Determination Outcomes by Disability Status and Race/Ethnicity
Current Position:
Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Education, North Carolina State University
Dr. Amanda McClelland
The University of Texas at Austin (2020)
Dissertation Title:
Classroom Working Alliance for Students with Disabilities: Differences Between Special Education and General Education Teachers and Association with Student Engagement
Current Position:
Research Director, Texas State University
Dr. Marissa Filderman
The University of Texas at Austin (2020)
Dissertation Title:
Using Student Data to Improve Response to a Multisyllabic Word reading Intervention: the Effects of Varying Levels of Data Use
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Recipient of 2021 John Wills Lloyd Doctoral Research Award from CEC Division for Learning Disabilities
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Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant, Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Learning Disabilities (2019)
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Alabama
Dr. Sarah Mason
The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Dissertation Title:
Examining the Longitudinal Relations Between Internalizing Symptoms and Reading Achievement from Grades 1 through 12 Grade and Distal Relations to Adulthood Outcomes in an Urban Community Sample
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas Center for Equity Promotion, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Erica Fry
The University of Texas at Austin (2024)
Dissertation Title:
A Convergent Mixed Methods Study of Online Professional Learning for Early Career Special Educators: The EXPERT Professional Learning Model
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Graduate Student Research Award, College of Education, UT Austin (2023)
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Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant, Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Learning Disabilities (2022)
Dr. Zainab Umar White
The University of Texas at Austin (2022)
Dissertation Title:
Teachers’ Knowledge of Early Reading Development and Instruction: A Survey of Primary Grade Teachers in FCT Abuja, Nigeria
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Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant, Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Learning Disabilities (2021)
Current Position:
Research Associate, Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER), The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Lisa Didion
The University of Texas at Austin (2019)
Dissertation Title:
Data Mountain: Self-Monitoring, Goal Setting, and Motivation Training to Improve the Oral Reading Fluency of Struggling Readers in the Elementary Grades
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Recipient of 2020 John Wills Lloyd Doctoral Research Award from CEC Division for Learning Disabilities
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Kansas