• 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
    • Fellowship: IES Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training
  • 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
  • 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
    • 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
  • 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