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Dr. Elizabeth Hughes is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Penn State University. Her current research line overlaps her love for reading, writing, and mathematics by evaluating the role of language in learning and communicating mathematics.  She has developed interventions to support students’ language when learning mathematics and answering open-response word problems in mathematics. Dr. Hughes also is the current Vice President of DLD. 
Websites and clickable links:
Elizabeth’s faculty page: https://ed.psu.edu/directory/dr-elizabeth-hughes
DLD’s website: https://www.teachingld.org/
Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned:
Paul Riccomini - E26 is at Penn State
Kait Brennan - E43 is from Pittsburgh
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
Murder mysteries with strong female protagonists
Resources to support framing work to make it more culturally inclusive

Angus Kittelman is an assistant professor within the Department of Special Education at the University of Missouri. His research areas include positive behavioral interventions and supports with an emphasis in high schools, implementation science and systems change, and implementing and evaluating school-based interventions for students with emotional and behavioral problems. Angus has received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education/Education Innovation and Research (EIR). In 2023, he was a recipient of the Initial Researcher Award from the Association of Positive Behavior Support (APBS).
Links:
Angus’ faculty page: https://cehd.missouri.edu/person/angus-kittelman/
PBIS: www.pbis.org
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support: https://pbismissouri.org/
Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned:
Tim Lewis - E33
Aaron Campbell - E42
Mary Rose Sallese - E16
Mark Schneider - E41
Matt Burns - E23
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Kait Brennan is an experienced Policy Advisor and Lobbyist focused on addressing the critical shortage of special educators and lack of diversity in the field. She is the principal and founder of KB Strategies, a boutique government affairs and political strategy firm. At the federal level, she represents the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (TED - CEC) and the Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE) as their Senior Policy Advisor.  Kait has a demonstrated history of working in the K-12 and higher education industry and is skilled in Special Education, K-12 Education, Education Policy, Teacher Preparation, and Urban Education. Kait earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Special Education from University of Pittsburgh.

Links:
KB Strategies: kbrennan@kbstrategies.org  
Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (TED-CEC): https://tedcec.org/
Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE): https://hecse.net/
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
Advocating for the Common Good: People, politics, process, and policy on Capitol Hill by Jane West - available from Rowman & Littlefield

Related Services in Special Education: Working Together as a Team by Lisa Goran & David F. Bateman - available from Rowman & Littlefield

Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005–2010 by John A. Lawrence

Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy
by Derek W. Black

Dr. Aaron R. Campbell is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Missouri. Her research involves equitable intervention delivery within a multi-tiered behavior support framework focused on preventative strategies for improving student academic, social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes, particularly in culturally and linguistically diverse learners and those students being educated in underserved communities. Dr. Campbell currently serves as the director of an inaugural undergraduate and graduate student research lab focused on refining and testing interventions to reduce exclusionary discipline practices, improve student teacher relationships, increase instructional and classroom time for marginalized students with or at risk of an Emotional and Behavioral Disorder (EBD), and culturally responsive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and culturally responsive Positive Behavior Interventions Supports. Dr. Campbell also provides technical assistance to state, district and school level teams across the nation on preventative practices, including addressing implicit bias in classroom management, school discipline, effective classroom behavior management strategies, and culturally responsive SEL. Dr. Campbell’s teaching and research focus on culturally responsive intervention delivery within a multi-tiered behavior support framework with a specific emphasis on supporting historically marginalized children and youth in schools and communities.
Websites: (with clickable links)
Aaron’s faculty page
PBIS: www.pbis.org
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support: https://pbismissouri.org/

Dr. Mark Schneider is the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences for the Department of Education. (For those who are unfamiliar, this is the federal Department of Education for the entire United States of America.) Before joining IES, Mark Schneider was a vice president and an Institute Fellow at American Institutes for Research (AIR) and President of College Measures. Prior to joining AIR, Dr. Schneider served as Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics from 2005–2008. In 2013, the Chronicle of Higher Education selected him as one of the 10 people who had the most impact on higher education policy that year.

He is the author of numerous articles and books on education policy. His most recent book, The University Next Door, edited with KC Deane, was published in 2014 by Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dr. Schneider was a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of political science at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Websites: (with clickable links)
Institute of Education Sciences
Director Mark Schneider’s Bio
National Center for Special Education Research
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
National AI Institute for Exceptional Education
What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guides
Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Program
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Wine for Normal People
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Related Services in Special Education: Working Together as a Team by Lisa Goran & David F. Bateman - available from Rowman & Littlefield

Dr. Beth Stormshak is a Knight Chair and Professor in the Counseling Psychology and Human Services department in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on understanding risk factors in early and middle childhood associated with the development of problem behavior in late adolescence, including substance use and delinquency. Her research focus includes testing the efficacy of family-centered interventions, such as the Family Check-Up, that reduce the later risk of problem behavior. She also has developed an online version of the Family Check-Up for wide-scale dissemination.

Resources from this episode (Clickable Links):
More on Dr. Beth Stormshak
Preventing Emotional and Behavior Problems in Middle School Youth at risk of Disability after the COVID-19 Pandemic with the Family Check-Up Online
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Special Education Research
To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider)
Related Services in Special Education: Working Together as a Team by Lisa Goran & David F. Bateman - available from Rowman & Littlefield
Everyday Parenting: A Professional's Guide to Building Family Management Skills
Prevention Science Journal
Books, real paper books! Browse your local library or bookstore. Find something new to experience, or reconnect with an old favorite.
A specific book: West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge