Gloria Campbell-Whatley

Profile

Gloria Campbell-Whatley is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development. She is a nationally recognized as a specialist, consultant, trainer, and keynote speaker. She has developed 14 modules/training manuals and written five applied research reports. She has also delivered and produced 51 keynote addresses, strands, workshops, and television presentations, as well as 60+ international, national, regional, state and local presentations across the United States and abroad (Spain, Africa, Brazil, China, and Australia). Scholarly leadership pursuits include 66 published book chapters and articles, 15 modules and training manuals, 6 applied research reports 5 books, 2 recent ones are Leadership Practices for Special and General Educators (2013-Pearson Education) and A School Leader’s Guide to Implementing the Common Core: Inclusive Practices for All Students (2016- Routledge/Taylor Francis). Recently she served as a Faculty Fellow for General Administration in The University of North Carolina system (2015-2017).

Education

Ed.D. – 1989 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Special Education/Learning Disabilities
MA – University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, Special Education/Learning Disabilities
BA – Cum Laude Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation
Licenses
Elementary Education K-8, Certification-A
Learning Disabilities K-12, Certification-AA
North Carolina Teaching License in 2006

Teaching

SPED Teaching in the Content Area
SPED Consultation and Collaboration
SPED Classroom Management
SPED Doctoral Course in Collaboration

Research Interests/Areas of Special Education and Social Skills, Behavior
Leadership

Awards & Honors

Professional Honors
2015-present Received the General Admission Fellowship to perform research for the UNC System (17 Universities)
2015 Finalist for the American College on Education (ACE) Fellows
2016-present Featured Author for Rutledge-Taylor Frances
2017-present Featured in Curricular Magazine
2017-present Featured in INSIGHTS Magazine.
2012-present Initiated the first Leadership Strand at the Council for Exceptional Children
2010 Faculty Fellow for the Provost to Perform Research
2003 Named the First Towering Force Scholarship Recipient Tower Bank, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
2002 Phi Lambda Theta Honor Society, Fort Wayne, IN
2001 Invited to work with The Université Nationale du Bénin, Republique du Bénin, Africa.
1999 Channel 55, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Special education at Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne
1999 Channel 21 TV, Fort Wayne, Indiana. EXCEL summer learning program
1997 Conducted an Audit on the Fort Wayne Middle Schools
1996 TV Presentation on Special Education Programming. IPFW Up Close, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1987-2000 Kappa Delta Phi Honor Society, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1985 Outstanding Young Women of America
1993 Invited to work with the Federal University of Piaui and the Ministry of Education, Teresina, Brazil.
1980 Teaching Award

Community Involvement

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
University
2022-2023     SOTL Grants

2021-2023     University Council

2018-2021     Welfare Committee (Chair)

2014-2015    University Faculty Council
2014-2015    Present University College Faculty Committee (Secretary)
2011-2014   Welfare Committee

College

2023-2024     4 Year Doctoral Committee

2021-2022     Department Review Committee
2021-2022     Counseling Search Committee

2018-2019     Faculty Research Award Committee

2017-2019     Faculty Council for the College of Education 2016-2017

2016-2017    Faculty Fellows Committee (Chair)
2016-2017    Conceptual Framework Committee (Wrote Portions)
2007-2010    College of Education Curriculum Committee
2007-2008    College of Education Re-Admittance for Graduate School Committee

2016-2017    Search Committee Member
2015-2016    Department Tenure Review Committee (Chair)
2004-2007    (Graduate Advisor and Coordinator)
2004-2005    Search Committee Member

Professional Board Appointments
2022-present Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Applied Educational and Policy

Research

2022-present Learning Disabilities Worldwide Advisory Board

2019-2022     Assistant Secretary of Omega Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. 2019-2022    Awards Chair of Omega Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha.

2018-present Ivy Hall Board Foundation – Secretary

2015-present Insights for Learning Disabilities, Editorial Board, Consulting Editor,

Reviewer

Co-Chair Conference Planning Board for the 24th Annual World Conference on Learning Disabilities
2010-2015 Jacobs Ladder Job Training Board, (Foundation and Families Director), Charlotte, North Carolina
2013-2015 Urban League Board Member, Charlotte, North Carolina
2008-2009 Carolina International School Board Member, Charlotte, NC
2001-2004 Council for Exceptional Children, Board of Directors, Internationally Elected

Official (Member at Large)

2000-2003 Fort Wayne Educational Foundation (Board of Directors Member)
2000-2003 Urban League Board Member, Pontiac Youth Center Board, Fort Wayne, Indiana

1998-2002 Council for Exceptional Children Professional Standards and Ethics

Committee for the Division of Learning Disabilities State Board of Directors
(Secretary)
1997-1999 Council Member, Indiana University Purdue University
1997-1999 Council for Exceptional Children, The Indiana Federation of the Council for

Exceptional Children, Board of Directors
Professional Ethics and Standards Officer

1997-1998 Fort Wayne Community Schools, Strategic Planning Team, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1996-1998 Local Education Fund of Allen County, Board Member, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Professional Activities
2017 Mentoring workshops with Chairs at University of North Carolina at Asheville
2017 Three Day Institute at Appalachian State University (16 Sessions)
2017 Institute at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington
2017 Institute at the University of North Carolina at Asheville
2017 Focus groups (24 groups) and survey measures on students, faculty, staff and

administrators at Appalachian State University
2017 Focus groups (6 groups) and survey measures on students and faculty at the

University of North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical University
2016-present Social Justice Ministry Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
2015-present Journal of Applied Educational and Policy Research, Editorial Board, Reviewer
2014-present Mentor for Keonya Booker, Assistant Professor, College of Charleston
2006-present The Journal for Emotional Disorders, Reviewer
2006-2008 The Journal of Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Reviewer
2005-2009 Behavior Disorders: The Council for Exceptional Children, Journal Reviewer
2004-2009 Building Bridges Special Education Conference, created, planned, arranged, facilitated with Exceptional Children

Directors and Coordinators
2001-2001 The Teacher Education Division of Exceptional Children, Conference

Proposals
1999-2008 Office of Special Education and TRIO Grant Panels
1999-2008 Teacher Education and Special Education: The Council for Exceptional

Children, Journal, Reviewer
1999-2001 Corwin Press Book Company, Sage Publications, Book Reviews
1996-2008 Teaching Exceptional Children, The Council for Exceptional Children,

Reviewer

1997-1998 Exceptional Children. The Council for Exceptional Children, Reviewer

1998-2000 Council for Exceptional Children, Delegate
1997-2003 Journal Gazette Spelling Bee, State and Regional Judge, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1997-2003 Council for Exceptional Children, chartered and advised the Council for
Exceptional Children Student Chapter #799 for Indiana Purdue University
1994-1997 Council for Exceptional Children, Alabama Chapter State Officer,
Conference Planner
1997-1998 YWCA, Youth and Family Committee Member, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Selected Publications

Books
Campbell-Whatley, G. D., Rodriguez, D., & Agrawal, J. (2018). STEAM Meets Story: Using adolescent fiction and film to spark deeper learning. Teachers College Press. Teachers College Press: Columbia, NY. Peer Reviewed
Campbell-Whatley, G. D., Hancock, D., & Dunaway, M. (2016-textbook). A school leader’s guide to implementing the common core. Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group: New York, NY. Peer Reviewed
Campbell-Whatley, G. D., & Lyons, J. (2013). Leadership practices for special and general educators. Merrill-Prentice Hall: Columbus, Ohio.
Peer Reviewed
Campbell-Whatley, G.D. (2004). Who I can be is up to me: Lessons in self-exploration and self-determination for students with disabilities in learning. Research Press: Champaign, Illinois.

Articles in Scholarly Journals
Toms, O. M., Collins, J. C., & Campbell-Whatley, G. D. (2022). A tenacious population: supporting former foster youth in higher ed. Journal for Multicultural Education, (ahead-of-print). https://www.emerald.com/insight/2053-535X.htm Emerald Publishing. Vol. 12 Issue: 3, pp.278-293 https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-03-2017-0016 Data Based, Peer Reviewed

Patrick, C., Lo, Y., Campbell-Whatley, G.D., & Toms, O. (2015). An antecedent-based intervention package for the improvement of on-task behaviors of students with disabilities. Illinois School Journal. Data Based, Peer Reviewed
Hutchison, C.B., Campbell-Whatley, G., & Wiggan, G. (2014). Disability by induction: Academic under-performance when out of context. Insights on Learning Disabilities: From Prevailing Theories to Validated Practices, 11(1), 1-8. Invited
McKinney, S.E., Berry, R.Q., Dickerson, D., & Campbell-Whatley, G. (2014). Addressing urban high-poverty school teacher attrition by addressing urban high-poverty school teacher retention: Why effective teachers persevere. Haberman Foundation.org (Reprinted from Education Research and Reviews, 3(1), 1-9. Peer Reviewed

Modules /Training Manuals
Campbell-Whatley, G.D. (2022). The IRIS Center. Vanderbilt University.

Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 1, Elementary): Understanding the Acting-Out Cycle

Addressing Challenging Behaviors (Part 2, Elementary): Behavioral Strategies

Audio clips are in Part 1 on the following pages: Page 1: Challenging Behavior  Page 3: Calm Page 9: Recovery