Jeanne Connelly

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Jeanne Connelly

Associate Professor of Special Education

Special Education, Early Childhood, and Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Education

Bio

I have taught future and current special educators at the university level for over 12 years. In the K-12 system I taught primarily in city elementary schools.

Degree

PhD in Special Education

Iowa State University

MA in Educational Psychology

University of Minnesota

BA in Special Education

Drake University

Published Works

  • Connelly, J. . Emerging Critical Scholars and Ethics Review Boards: Providing Institutional Support. (in press). Qualitative Research https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/home.
  • Tuttle Prince, A., Connelly, J. (2024). Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools. Journal of Student Research, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v13i1.2380.
  • Martin Corredor, L., Walton, D. A., Connelly, J., Magallanes, I. M. . Normalizing the Changemaker Identity for Future Teachers: Lesson Study for Social Justice in Teacher Education . (Issue 1, pp TBD). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Connelly, J., Prince, T. A. . Students with Disabilities in Charter Schools: Legal Cases and Three Dimensions of FAPE. Journal of Student Research https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path.
  • Connelly, J., Prince , A., Hayden , E. . Humanising Portrayals of Children with Psycho-Social Differences in Children’s and Young Adult Literature. . Taylor & Francis , -19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2023.2264882.
  • Connelly, J. (2023). White liberalism, positive behavior supports, and Black Indigenous Students of Color: "We're teaching them how to do school." . (). Teachers College Press .
  • Connelly, J., Hayden, E., Tuttle Prince, A. (2022). Disrupting deficit dialogues with literature. Journal for Multicultural Education, 17(1), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/jme-03-2022-0041.
  • Connelly, J., Hayden , E., Prince , A. (2022). Disrupting Deficit Dialogues with Literature. Emerald Publishing ,
  • Connelly, J. (2022). Book Review: Untold Narratives: African Americans who received special education services and succeeded beyond expectations.. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.31274/jctp.13048.
  • Connelly, J. (2021). Interrogating the Special Education Identification Process for Black Indigenous People of Color. Division for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners of the Council for Exceptional Children, 21(1), 78-92. https://doi.org/10.5555/2158-396X-21.1.78.

Research Interests

Disability Critical Race Theory

Teaching Interests

Inclusive Instructional, Management, and Assessment Methods. Universal Design for Learning.

Office Hours

VIRTUAL: Link shared via Canvas
Tuesday 9:30-11 and 12:30-4