Here is a list of activities documenting my areas of professional expertise. At the bottom of the page is a link where you can view the corresponding evidence.
I. Formal Preparation:
PhD in Social Policy May 2013
Lurie Fellow in Disability Policy Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Here is a photo of the ceremony!
M.A. in Social Policy May 2010
Brandeis University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Special Education May 2008
University of Maine
Certificate in Brain Research in Education June 2006
University of Washington
M.Ed in Special Education August 1986
Concentration: Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities
University of Maine
B.S. in Elementary Education June 1985
Northeastern University
II. Awards
Recipient of the Lurie Fellowship in Disability Policy 2008-2013
at Brandeis University. My profile is featured on the
Lurie Institute website and includes a link to the
SUNY Cortland FSA Department faculty directory
http://lurie.brandeis.edu/people/recent-graduates.html
Recipient of the 2013 Researcher Hero Among Us Award October 2013
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities
Here is a photo from the award ceremony in Mystic, CT on October 25, 2013.
III. Reputation
This section contains requests I’ve received for recommended resources, guest lectures and manuscript reviews. Please click on the link at the bottom to view the evidence for these requests.
(1) Requests from colleagues
- Request for course readings on disability policy from Dr. Susan Parish, Associate Dean for Research and the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Disability Policy and Director of the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. January 2014
- Request for materials for research course from Dr. Marji Erickson Warfield Starr Center on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. October 2013
- Request for guest lecture from Dr. Wanda Kent Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences SUNY Cortland April 2013
(2) Accepted Peer-reviewed conference papers (earliest to most recent)
- TASH Conference (Equity, Opportunity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities) Dec 2013 Chicago IL
- CEC Council for Exceptional Children proposal accepted for April 2014 Philadelphia PA
- TASH Conference presented December 2014 Washington DC
- American Educational Research Association April 2015 Chicago, IL (accepted)
Upcoming paper presentation Flipping the script: Exploring the impact of curriculum modules on access to knowledge and teacher professionalism. Third Social Realism Symposium, Jesus College, Cambridge University,
(3) Teacher certification
Massachusetts General Education Teacher k-8
Maine General Education Teacher k-6
Maine Special Education Teacher 280 Mild/Moderate Disabilities k-12
Maine Special Education Teacher 282 Severe Disabilities k-12
Maine Special Education 079 Special Education Consultant
(4) Invited Reviewer for professional journals
- Maternal & Child Health Journal
- Children & Youth Services Review
- Review of Disability Studies An International Journal
- Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
Please click here to view additional evidence for these items:
https://maria-timberlake.com/evidence-mastery-of-subject-matter/