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Special Education and Plan II Senior Recognized as a Distinguished Graduate
Apr. 24, 2020
Gabriela Coelho, a senior in the All-Level Special Education program in the College of Education and the Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named a 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Graduate in the College of Liberal Arts. Coelho, a Charles Butt Scholar in the College…

Review of Education Research Features article by Toste and Peng
Apr. 08, 2020
The Department of Special Education’s Jessica Toste, assistant professor, and Peng Peng, assistant professor, have had an article accepted in Review of Education Research. The article is titled, “A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relations Between Motivation and Reading Achievement for K-12 Students.” Co-authors are Lisa Didion, Marissa J.

Three Special Education Doctoral Students Accepted to Selective Research Seminar
Feb. 17, 2020
Three Ph.D. students in Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders Program in the Department of Special Education have been selected to join the 12th cohort of the Council for Exceptional Children‘s Division for Research Doctoral Student Scholars: Marissa Filderman, Meijia Liu, and Soyoung Park. The students…

Toste Elected Chair of DRTx Board of Directors
Oct. 30, 2019
DRTx is one of 57 prevention and advocacy organizations in the Unites States dedicated to the ongoing fight for the personal and civil rights of individuals with disabilities.

Special Education Faculty Members Receive $1.4 Million Grant from IES
Jul. 08, 2019
Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste and Associate Professor Nathan Clemens have received a $1.4 million grant to develop teacher expertise in data-based decision making to improve student reading success.

Summer Reading and Listening List 2019
Jun. 27, 2019
Beat the Summer slump with these book, audiobook, and podcast suggestions from faculty and staff within the College of Education.

Toste gets “STAMP” of Approval as a 2018 Provost’s Teaching Fellow
Sep. 06, 2018
Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste will join the 2018 cohort of Provost's Teaching Fellows as the first Special Education fellow.

Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste Named to the 2017 ‘Texas Ten’ Professors
May. 01, 2017
Jessica Toste For the second year in a row, a Special Education faculty member has been recognized by alumni in the Texas Exes’ Texas 10 awards. This year’s recipient, Jessica Toste, completed a master’s and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at McGill University after a mentor helped…

Assistant Professor Jessica Toste Talks GLSEN Protecting Our LGBTQ Students
Feb. 24, 2017