SERSP LD Faculty/Staff
 Shirin Antia, Ph.D. Candace Bos, Ph.D. Todd Fletcher, Ph.D. |
Judy Kroese, Ph.D. Nancy Mather, Ph.D. Maria Nahmias, Ph.D. |
Nalan Babur, M.A. Carlos Dejud, M.A. Deborah Rhein, M.A. Janice Sammons, M.A. |
| Shirin Antia, Ph.D. Candace Bos, Ph.D. Todd Fletcher, Ph.D. |
Judy Kroese, Ph.D. Nancy Mather, Ph.D. Maria Nahmias, Ph.D. |
Nalan Babur, M.A. Carlos Dejud, M.A. Deborah Rhein, M.A. Janice Sammons, M.A. |
Dr. Antia is a full professor in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School
Psychology at The University of Arizona. She coordinates the teacher
preparation specialization in education of Deaf/ Hard of Hearing.
She teaches master's and doctoral level courses in the areas of language development of exceptional
children, language and literacy assessment and intervention of Deaf/Hard of Hearing children, and
research. She has been a board member of the Council on Education of the Deaf and involved in the revision
of teacher preparation standards. Dr. Antia has also served as the president of the Association of College
Educators- Deaf/Hard of Hearing and is actively involved in the professional preparation activities of
this organization. Her research interests are in the area of peer interaction and social integration and
inclusion of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and she has authored numerous research articles and
chapters on these topics. Her most recent publications are "The roles of Special Educators and Classroom
Teachers in an Inclusive School", "Team teaching in an Integrated Classroom", and "Considerations in
Educating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students in Inclusive Settings" in the July issue of The Journal of
Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. Dr. Antia has been the principal investigator of four personnel
preparation grants, and one research grant. She is Asian and has considerable international and
inter-cultural experiences in special education.
The University of Arizona
College of Education
Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, & School Psychology
Box 210069
1430 E 2nd Street
Tucson, Arizona 85721
(520) 621-0944
(520) 621-3821 FAX
e-mail: santia@u.arizona.edu
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Nalan Babur, was doctoral candidate in Special Education at The University of Arizona, was
studying the relationship among phonological awareness skills, orthographic skills and early
literacy. Her secondary interest was statistical applications for educational research. She has a
background as an educational psychologist in her homeland of Turkey. She worked with data
analysis with Project RIME.
View: Nalan's Web Pages
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CANDACE
S. BOS, Ph.D.
Dr. Candace Bos, a longtime professor, colleague, student and friend in CoE,
died Monday, August 13, 2001, at her home in Austin, Texas. A memorial
service was held at the Hill Country Bible Church, 12124 Ranch Road,
Austin, TX 78750, on Saturday, August 18 at 11 a.m. She is survived by
her husband, Robert S. Bos, son, Jon, and brother, Duke Wiggins of
Hutchinson, Kansas. Her family and friends held memorial services in
Hutchinson and Tucson.
The University of Arizona hosted a memorial service in Tucson, Arizona
on Saturday, September 8, 2001
Kiva Auditorium, Room 211, in the College of Education, 1430 E. 2nd Street.A PAGE IN MEMORY OF DR. BOS CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~pforeman/BosMemorial/BosBio.html"/
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Dr. Todd Fletcher
is an associate professor in the Department of Special
Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology (SERSP).
He is the coordinator of
the program in bilingual multicultural learning
disabilities and advises students enrolled in this
concentration in the master's, educational specialist,
and doctoral degree areas. Courses taught by Dr. Fletcher
include: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Exceptional
Learners, Assessing Bilingual Learners, Teaching
Bilingual Exceptional Learners, and the Bilingual Special
Education Colloquium.
Dr. Fletcher is a graduate of the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico. During the past 10 years, he has directed a summer program in Mexico entitled " Verano en Mexico." He routinely takes students for about 4 weeks in the summer and visits special education and general education classrooms in Mexico City and other states such as Morelia, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Oaxaca. Other visits to clinics, institutes, and special schools highlight the summer program.
Dr. Fletcher is also the director of INTERFACE 2000, interdisciplinary programs which recruit and train educators to serve Hispanic and Native American students with special learning needs. Personnel trained through INTERFACE can assume the role of educational diagnostician and/or teacher of LEP/bilingual students with disabilities in a variety of educational settings. He also directs the INTERSTELLAR TEACH Project which is an Interdisciplinary Special Education Teacher Education for Students with Learning, Language, Behavioral, And Related Disabilities To Educate Across Categories of High Incidence.
Another area of interest of Dr. Fletcher has been the development of a series of inter-American symposiums symposiums begun in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona to develop collaborative programs in education and create institutional linkages among the United States, Mexico, and Latin America. These symposiums have resulted in action plans between the two countries designed to enhance collaboration and cooperation in special education and indigenous education. In March 1997, an International Congress on Disability entitled "Disability in the Year 2000" was held in Mexico City at the World Trade Center. The first congress held in May of 1995 attracted some 3,000 participants from Mexico, Europe, the United States, and Latin America. Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo addressed the conference during the closing session and signaled the importance of these collaborative activities. More recently, international congresses were held in Mexico City in 1997, 2000, and 2002 attracting more than 3,000 and impacting on policy development and awareness of disability issues. Dr. Fletcher co-edited a book as a result of these symposiums entitled Helping Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families: Mexican and U.S. Perspectives. The book was published in 1999 by the Bilingual Review Press.
Dr. Fletcher's GRANTS & VERANO en MEXICO WEB SITES & LINKS:
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Verano en Mexico UofA Websites:
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Dr. Judy Kroese was an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education,
Rehabilitation, and School Psychology at The University of Arizona. She holds a Master's
Degree in Speech/Language Pathology from the University of Iowa and the Certificate of
Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Her doctorate
(May, 1999) was in School Psychology (with an emphasis in neuropsychology) from the
University of Georgia where her major professor was Dr. George Hynd. Her clinical
interests are in language and learning disabilities, particularly in the areas of phonology,
reading, and spelling. Her research interests are also in these areas as well as in
brain/behavior relationships. She has used the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program
(LiPS--formerly known as the Auditory Discrimination in Depth Program) for over 25 years,
having given numerous workshops on this program. She has also taught courses in learning
disabilities and in language development in exceptional children. She is on the Editorial
Board of the Journal of Learning Disabilities. She has written an article on
analysis of spelling in elementary grades and a chapter about assessing cognitive abilities
in children with Specific Language Impairment (in press). Previous publications were on
language and learning disabilities in children with learning disabilities and/or hearing
impairments. She was the Program Coordinator on Project RIMES 2000 on which she
was involved in professional development and research.
Dr. Kroese was Program Coordinator of Project RIMES 2000:
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Dr. Nancy Mather is a Professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, specializing in the
areas of assessment, reading, writing, and learning disabilities. She received her doctorate
from the University of Arizona in 1985 in learning disabilities with minor areas of study
in reading and school psychology. Other professional interests include adapting special
education strategies to help general education teachers accommodate student diversity.
She is a co-author of the Woodcock-Johnson III.
Dr. Mather has written many articles on topical issues in the field of learning disabilities. She has
co-authored several books, including: Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to
Intervention and Classroom Management (Brookes, 2001), Informal Assessment and Instruction in
Written Language: A Practitioner's Guide for Students with Learning Disabilities (Wiley, 1995)
and Overcoming Underachieving: An Action Guide for Helping Your Child Succeed in School
(Wiley, 1998).
She has co-authored several books, including: Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors: A Guide to
Intervention and Classroom Management (Brookes, 2001), Informal Assessment and Instruction in Written
Language: A Practitioner's Guide for Students with Learning Disabilities (Wiley, 1995) and Overcoming
Underachieving: An Action Guide for Helping Your Child Succeed in School (Wiley, 1998). Dr. Mather is
Director of Project RIME-Online, a Federal research grant to promote to provide online training to teachers
in early intervention with children at-risk for reading failure.
Dr. Mather was Co-Director of Project ACT (Now ended):
and Director of Project RIME (Now ended):
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Dr. Nahmias is an adjunct associate professor of Special Education, Rehabilitation,
and School Psychology. She is Co-Director of the INTERSTELLAR Project, an interdisciplinary
teacher education program in language, reading, and learning disabilities. She advises
master's students completing their program in learning disabilities and teaches courses in
the areas of learning disabilities, collaboration, attention deficit disorders, and
interdisciplinary professional preparation. Dr. Nahmias has authored several published
articles on attention deficit disorders and teacher education, which appear in journals
such as Teaching Exceptional Children, Teacher Education and Special Education, and
Intervention in School and Clinic. Dr. Nahmias has also presented papers at professional
conferences regarding her work in teacher education and professional development,
interdisciplinary teacher preparation, language disorders and learning disabilities, and
attention deficit disorders.
Dr. Nahmias is Co-Director of the INTERSTELLAR Project:
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Deborah Rhein, a former doctoral candidate in Special Education at The University of Arizona, is also a bilingual speech-language pathologist. She is interested in the relationship of language disorders with dyslexia. Her secondary interests include the relationship of second language acquisition with literacy acquisition and school success. She was very involved in choosing and collecting data on student assessment measures, assisted with teaching the RIME course, and a variety of other tasks with Project RIME.
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Janice Sammons is the Project Coordinator and contact person for anyone seeking information about Project RIME or Project RIMES 2000. She oversees the general organization of these grants, and works with the collection of articles, materials, and microtasks associated with these projects. She also works to support the participants of the grants and collaborate with teachers in the field. In addition to her work as a Project Coordinator, she works as a Diagnostician for students seeking information on their learning abilities and needs. Ms. Sammons obtained a Master of Arts in Special Education, specifically in Bilingual Learning Disabilities. Previously, she was an elementary school teacher in California.
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This web page, created by Patricia Foreman (pforeman@u.arizona.edu),
was last updated April 2006