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LLRC Research Engagement Series: Nancy Nelson (NCIL)

Time: 
Tuesday, November 07, 2017 - 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Location: 
1220 Benjamin Building


National Center on Improving Literacy: A Collaborative Effort to Support Outcomes for Students with Literacy-Related Disabilities

Bio: Nancy J. Nelson, Ph.D., is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon, and CTL’s Director of Clinic and Outreach. Dr. Nelson holds a master’s degree in Special Education from San Francisco State University and a doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Oregon. She is a Co-Principal Investigator of the National Center on Improving Literacy and co-leads its Professional Development and Technical Assistance Priority Strand. Dr. Nelson is a PI or Co-PI on six Institute of Education Sciences (IES) grants to develop and evaluate math and reading interventions for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, one IES grant to explore features of effective classrooms, one National Science Foundation (NSF) development grant to develop an early mathematics technology-based intervention, and one Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Stepping Up Technology Implementation award. Dr. Nelson is a licensed school psychologist in Oregon, a nationally certified school psychologist, and a licensed special education teacher in Oregon and California. She is a former middle and high school special education math teacher with expertise in the implementation of reading and math interventions and the use of data-based decision making to support students with or at risk for disabilities in multi-tiered systems of support. Dr. Nelson has published more than 20 peer-reviewed publications in a variety of general and special education journals, and has shared her research in more than 55 peer-reviewed national and international conference presentations.