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Informationen zum Autor Roberta Gentry, Ph.D., received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology with a minor in sociology from Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. She worked as a neuropsychological test technician and at state and private psychiatric hospitals prior to completing a master of teaching degree at the University of Virginia. She spent almost twenty years in the public school setting as a special education teacher and special education administrator prior to completing her doctoral degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, Dr. Gentry is Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Joseph W. Madaus, Ph.D. , is Director of the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability and is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Connecticut, he was Director of the Learning Resource Center at Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, and was Director of the University Program for College Students with Learning Disabilities at the University of Connecticut. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow in the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Mary Switzer Fellowship program and he serves on multiple journal editorial boards. In 2007, Dr. Madaus received both the Teaching Promise and Teaching Innovation award from the University of Connecticut chapter of the American Association of University Professors. In 2008, he was named as a University Teaching Fellow, the highest teaching honor at the University of Connecticut. James E. Martin, Ph.D., is the Zarrow Endowed Professor in Special Education and Director of the Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment at the University of Oklahoma. He received a bachelor of science degree and a master's degree in education from Eastern Illinois University, and he received a doctorate in special education with an emphasis on secondary transition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to his current position, Dr. Martin served as a professor of special education and as the first Director of the Center of Self-Determination at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Through the years, he has specialized in the development and implementation of self-determination methodology in educational, transitional, and supported employment programs. Dr. Martin has written extensively on special education, self-determination, and transition. He has also co-authored several instructional packages, including the Self-Directed IEP Kit (Martin, Huber Marshall, Maxson, & Jerman, Sopris West, 1996), ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Assessment (Martin & Marshell, Sopris West, 1995), and Take Action: Making Goals Happen (Huber Marshall, Martin, Maxson, Hughes, Miller, McGill, & Jerman, Sopris West, 1998). Mary E. Morningstar, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas and Director of the Transition Coalition, which offers online transition training and resources for practitioners. She coordinates the online masters program in transition and teaches several classes related to secondary education and transition including vocational training and employment, interagency and community services, and transition assessment. She also coordinates the teacher education program for teachers of students with significant disabilities. Dr. Morningstar has been involved in training and staff development regarding transition from school to adult life for over 25 years. Prior to moving to Kansas, she worked as a teacher for students with significant intellectual disabilities. Dr. Morningstar has been an active advocate for all persons with disabilities based on her experiences as a sibling of a brother with disabilities. Cynthia Nixon, Ed.D., is currently Associate Professor in Education at Francis Marion U...
