- Doctor of Philosophy (2012)
- Major: Special Education (2012)
- Focus: Education Research, Language, and Literacy
- Dissertation: A Comparison of Reading Growth and Outcomes of Students with Cognitive Impairments to their Typical Peers: The Impact of Instruction
- Focus: Education Research, Language, and Literacy
- Fellowship: IES Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training
- Major: Special Education (2012)
- Graduate Certificate (2009)
- Topic: Educational Measurement and Statistics
- Master of Science (2005)
- Major: Emotional Disturbances/Learning Disabilities (i.e., Special Education)
- Focus: Transition Services and Low Incidence Disabilities
- Major: Emotional Disturbances/Learning Disabilities (i.e., Special Education)
- Bachelor of Science (2005)
- Major: Emotional Disturbances/Learning Disabilities
Certifications & Licenses
- Teaching Licensure
- Iowa Initial License (2019-2021)
- 5-12 Instructional Strategist I: Mild/Moderate
- K-12 Instructional Strategist II: ID
- K-8 Instructional Strategist I: Mild/Moderate
- K-12 Instructional Strategist II: BD/LD
- 5-12 Instructional Strategist I: Mild/Moderate
- Florida Teaching Certificate (2005-2010, 2010-2015, 2015-2020)
- K-12 Exceptional Student Education (i.e., Special Education)
- K-6 Elementary Education
- English for Speakers of Other Languages Endorsement
- Iowa Initial License (2019-2021)
- Other Certifications
- CPR/AED and First Aid (2018), American Red Cross
- Human Subjects Research, Social & Behavioral IRB Basic Course (2016), Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, University of Iowa
- What Works Clearinghouse Certified Reviewer Group Designed Studies Standards Versions 2 and 3 (2012, 2014), Institute for Education Sciences
- Program for Instructional Excellence (2009), Florida State University
- Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams (2007, 2011), National Institutes of Health
Additional Training
- Applied Latent Class Analysis & Finite Mixture Modeling (2014), Summer Statistics Camp, Texas Tech University
- R-Sienna for Longitudinal Social Network Analysis (2013), Summer Statistics Camp, University of Kansas
- Modeling Change Across Time (2011), Institute for Education Sciences Research Fellows Workshop, University of Miami
- National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 (2009), Research Training Seminar, National Center for Special Education Research, Washington, DC