Department Faculty

Dr. Nikki Adams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Adams started her career as an early childhood assistant teacher and then transitioned into early childhood special education in a public school setting after receiving her teaching certification. Her research […]

Bio Dr. Kelly Anderson is a Professor and the Program Director for the BA in Special Education & Elementary Education K-6 Dual Major in the Department of Special Education & Child Development, UNC Charlotte. Dr. Anderson started her career as a special education teacher of students with mild to moderate disabilities in Des Moines, Iowa […]

Bio Dr. Kristen D. Beach is an Associate Professor of Special Education in the department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte. Her research centers on the design and evaluation of reading and language interventions for struggling adolescent readers and students with reading disability. Her research also focuses on the prevention and early […]

Leslie Bross, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte and serves as the director of the Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) program and director of the Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Program. Her primary research interest is […]

Kimberly Bunch-Crump, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Bunch-Crump has over ten years of experience teaching in K-12 high-incidence special education classrooms in Title I schools. She has worked at the district level to promote educational and […]

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 […]

Profile Dr. Erin FitzPatrick is an Associate Professor in the Special Education and Child Development Department. She teaches undergraduate literacy courses to pre-service teachers in the Special Education and dual licensure programs. She leverages over a decade of experience in urban, majority-minority, upper elementary classrooms to inform her research in the areas of effective writing […]

Dr. Godfrey-Hurrell is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of  Special Education and Child Development. She serves on multiple community, state, and national committees serving those who work on behalf of young children and families, early childhood educators, and providers. Dr. Godfrey-Hurrell teaches graduate and undergraduate courses focusing on early childhood/early childhood special education/early […]

Dr. Holly Johnson is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte. Her research and teaching interests include multi-tiered interventions, applied behavior analysis, positive behavior interventions and support, teacher support through effective professional development and coaching, and student engagement. Education Ph.D. – University of North Carolina at […]

Bio Dr. LuAnn Jordan is an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She teaches courses in written expression methods and the Introduction to Special Education course in the Graduate Certificate program. Dr. Jordan’s current areas of interest and research include written expression for students with disabilities and students […]