1. Curriculum & Instruction
Laura M. Graves, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction
Special Education
Spring 2011

2. Overview 1/2010-1/2011 Teaching: 50% Advisement: 15%
Research/Scholarly/Creative Activity: 20%
Grants
Conferences
Publications
Service/Outreach: 15%
Professional Affiliations

3. Special Education: Teaching: 50%
Summer 2010:
Elementary School Reading Program: READ 6340
Practicum and Seminar in SPED: SPED 6810
Fall 2010:
Educating Persons with Learning Disabilities: SPED 3030
Learning Disabilities: SPED 6030
Introduction to SPED: SPED 2010
Special Education Procedures and Methods Practicum: SPED 4820
Spring 2011:
Assessing Persons with Disabilities: SPED 6320
Introduction to SPED: SPED
Introduction to SPED: SPED
Special Education Procedures and Methods: SPED 2040

4. Advisement: 15% Approximately 20 undergraduate students
Modified and Comprehensive
Created an informational sheet for undergraduate students for advisement
One doctoral committee member

5. Research/Scholarly/Creative Activity: 20%
Grants & Dissemination
Conferences
Publications

6. RDE-FRI NSF Award #HRD-0726449
Effects of Teaching with Tablet PCs with Asynchronous Student Access in Post-Secondary STEM Courses on Students with Learning Disabilities or
TTASA-SWLD
NSF Award #HRD
Awarded
September 1, 2007
Includes Training in disability education: Dr. Dainty and me
RDE-FRI NSF Award #HRD 6

7. NSF Grant & Dissemination: Conferences
An attitudinal study of pen technology and web-based recordings to accommodate students with disabilities in post secondary science ,technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses (with ____). Paper Presentation, Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education (WIPTE). Virginia Tech, October 2010.
The effects of teaching with tablet PCs with asynchronous student access in post-secondary STEM courses on students with learning disabilities (TTASA-SWLD). Project Presentation, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010. 
The effects of teaching with tablet PCs with asynchronous student access in post-secondary STEM courses on students with learning disabilities (TTASA-SWLD). Poster Presentation, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010. 
Research evaluation. Invited speaker: Breakout session for HBCU-UP, GSE and RDE, 2010 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) for the National Science Foundation, Division of Human Resource Development. Washington, D.C., June, 2010. 
National science foundation-principal investigator panel. Invited speaker: Mathematics and Science Education Research Conference. Murfreesboro, TN., February 19, 2010.

8. NSF Grant & Dissemination: Publications
_____& _______.(2010). An attitudinal study of pen technology and web-based recordings to accommodate students with learning disabilities in post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and math courses. In R. H. Reed, & D. A. Berque (Eds.), The impact of tablet PCs and pen-based technology on education (pp.39-46). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University.
____, ____, ____, & ____. (2011). Study habits of students with learning disabilities and/or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in post- secondary STEM courses using asynchronous on-line access. Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability for publication.
________. (2011, in press). Universal design: Asynchronous instructional access in postsecondary STEM courses. Promising Practice. Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT).

9. BASE-TN Grant Become a Special Educator in Tennessee
Service Obligation & Employment Verification Coordinator
Selection committee for BASE-TN recipients

10. Publications
_____, _____, & _____. (2010). Academic Narratives: Empowering Students to Achieve in Standard Based Curriculum. Manuscript in preparation for publication.

11. Service/Outreach: 15% Presentations:
_____ & _____. (2011, January). Experiencing a learning disability through simulation activities for boy scout leaders. Merit Badge University, Tennessee Technological University. Invited speakers.
_____ & _____.(2010, November). Simulation involving literacy related disabilities. Tennessee Reading Association, Murfreesboro, TN.
_____ & _____.(2010, November). Experiencing a learning disability through simulation activities designed for the college professor: Math department. Tennessee Technological University. Invited speakers.
_____ & _____.(2010, April). Critical literacy. RISE Conference. TN International Dyslexia Association, Nashville, TN.

12. Service/Outreach
Member of the Millard Oakley STEM CENTER Executive Committee or Steering Board. Spring 2008 to present.
Secretary of the Tennessee Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
Tennessee Reading Association RTI Committee Member until present.
Student Council of Exceptional Children (SCEC) faculty mentor
ADA Committee Member, TTU.

13. Professional Organizations
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
TTU Council for Exceptional Children
Faculty Advisor
Division of Learning Disabilities
Division of Early Childhood
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
Tennessee Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (TN-IDA)
International Reading Association (IRA)

14. Thank You!
Questions?