Diane Pedrotty Bryant is a member of the Board of Directors for The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, the Project Director for the Mathematics Institute for Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in the College of Education. Dr. Bryant holds the Mollie Villeret Davis Professorship in Learning Disabilities. She is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Learning Disability Quarterly and serves on numerous journal editorial boards. Dr. Bryant is Principal Investigator on Project AIM, which is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences and focuses on algebra-readiness concepts and skills for middle school students with mathematics difficulties. She has published numerous articles on instructional strategies and assistive technology adaptations for students with learning disabilities in refereed journals such as Learning Disability Quarterly, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Exceptional Children, and Remedial and Special Education, and is the co-author of textbooks and educational tests.
Early Career in Special Education
As part of her early career in special education, Dr. Bryant taught students with learning disabilities and behavior disorders in Chelsea, MA; Crown Point, NM; and Albuquerque, NM. Further work in Albuquerque included working as a coaching specialist to assist special education teachers with instructional and behavioral issues in their classrooms. She also served as the District Coordinator for Special Education Staff Development and the principal for an intensive summer school program for students with special needs.
Ph.D. in Special Education, University of New Mexico, 1986
Researches instructional strategies and assistive technology adaptations for students with learning disabilities, specifically in Mathematics.
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Learning Disability Quarterly,
Project AIM
Bryant, D. P., Bryant, B. R., & Roberts, G. (2016-2020). Project AIM2. Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education. Funded $3,500,000 (4 years).
Project AIM Goal 2
Bryant, D. P., Dougherty, B., & Bryant, B. R. (2012-2015). Project AIM. Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education. Funded $1,500,000 (3 years).
Three-tier Mathematics Intervention Model
Bryant, D. P., & Bryant, B. R. (2011-2012). Three-Tier Mathematics Intervention Model. Texas Education Agency, Division of Special Education. State of Texas. Funded $1.4 mil.
2017 Jeannette E. Fleischner Career Leadership Award, Council for Exceptional Childrens (CEC) Division for Learning Disabilities (2017)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of New Mexico
Outstanding Contributions to the field of Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Association of Texas
Sarah G King (Supervisor)Sarah is a doctoral student primarily interested in improving outcomes for emergent bilingual students with or at-risk for mathematics learning disabilities.
| Year | Semester | Course |
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| 2023 | Spring | ALD 322: Individual Differences-Sec |
| 2021 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Ed-Wb |
| 2020 | Fall | SED 383: Intrvn Rsch In Learn Disabl-Wb |
| 2020 | Spring | SED 395D: Seminar Lrning Disab: Math |
| 2019 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Educ |
| 2018 | Fall | SED 383: Foundatns Of Special Education |
| 2018 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Educ |
| 2017 | Fall | SED 383: Foundatns Of Special Education |
| 2017 | Spring | SED 384: Pract: High Incidence Disab |
| 2017 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Educ |
| 2016 | Fall | SED 383: Foundatns Of Special Education |
| 2016 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Educ |
| 2015 | Fall | SED 383: Intrvn Rsch In Learning Disabl |
| 2015 | Spring | SED 398T: College Teaching In Spec Educ |
| 2014 | Spring | SED 395D: 3-Learning Disabilities |
