One of the primary reasons Penn State is recognized around the globe as a distinguished university is the sterling caliber of its faculty. As a World Campus student, you will have the opportunity to learn from the same instructors who teach traditional, face-to-face classes on Penn State's twenty-four campuses across Pennsylvania.
Katie E. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Academic Program Director
Dr. Hoffman is currently an assistant professor of special education at Penn State. Prior to earning her doctorate from Penn State University, Dr. Hoffman spent several years as a teacher working with students with special needs at the elementary level. Her research interests include teacher preparation as well as the assessment of students with special needs, specifically progress monitoring through the use of curriculum-based measurement.
Charles Hughes, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Dr. Hughes is a professor of special education at Penn State. He has worked in special education for thirty-five years. His first fifteen years were spent as a classroom teacher of students with learning and behavior problems, as a diagnostician, and as a state-level consultant. His research interests focus on developing and validating learning and self-management strategies used to help adolescents become independent learners. Dr. Hughes is currently the executive director of the Council for Children's Division for Learning Disabilities and the editor of the journal Learning Disabilities Research & Practice.
Rick Kubina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
Dr. Kubina received an undergraduate degrees in psychology and master's and doctoral degree in special education, with an emphasis on applied behavior analysis. He has worked as a behavior analyst and special education teacher, using both effective and behavioral change practices with a range of learners with disabilities. His research focuses on explicit instruction and methods for facilitating instructional decision making.
James K. McAfee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
Dr. McAfee began his career in special education in 1969 as teacher of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. Later, he became a school principal, a superintendent, and the state director of vocational/community living services for the South Carolina Department of Mental Retardation. He currently teaches courses in special education law and administration, and instruction of students with disabilities in general education settings. His research interests include special education law and due process, transition, and postsecondary education, and the interactions of persons with disabilities and the criminal justice system.
David McNaughton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
Paul Morgan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Special Education
Robert Stevens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
Rayne Sperling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Peggy Van Meter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Hughes Receives Fulbright Grant