Debra McKeown, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Special Education (Learning Disabilities)
Room: COE 866
Phone: (404) 413-8319
E-mail: dmckeown@gsu.edu

Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA. 30302-3979

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D., Special Education (High incidence disabilities: Learning Disabilities), Vanderbilt University, 2012
• M.A., Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008
• M.A., Varying Excpetionalities (Special Education), University of South Florida, 1997
• B.A., Anthropology, University of South Florida, 1996

MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Effective teacher professional development models
• Practice-based professional development
• SRSD
• Effective/evidence-based writing instruction
• Teacher quality 
• Alternative certification
• Assessment 
• Mixed methods research design
• Meta-analysis