Blair Payne

Special Education

M.Ed. in Special Education, Vanderbilt University, 2015
B.A. in Psychology, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2012

Email: blairpayne@utexas.edu
 
Blair Payne is a doctoral student at The University of Texas at Austin and a graduate assistant for the Meadow Center for Preventing Educational Risk. She is currently a part of the second cohort for the National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLII) scholarship. She received her master’s from Vanderbilt University as well as her BCBA training. Prior to starting the doctoral program, Blair taught high school special education for five years and served as the coordinator of special education for grades 6-12. Her research interests are evidence-based practice implementation in general education, the science of reading for secondary students, universal Tier I models, sustainable MTSS practices, and academic and behavioral interventions for middle and high school students with co-morbid disabilities.