Lisa Altemueller

Professor of Special Education

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

Bio

Dr. Lisa Altemueller is a professor of special education. She served as department chair for eight years, faculty associate to the dean for one year, and associate dean for 5 years. During her leadership as department chair, she oversaw the division of one large department into two and then three smaller departments, implemented one of the first graduate level programs at the University and assisted with the creation and implementation of the School of Education. She is the co-author and current Co-PI of the $1.5 million Hawkins Center for Excellence grant entitled, Disrupting Inequality: Designing School of Education Programs for Traditionally Underserved Students. Previously she was Co-PI on the Region IV Equity Assistance Center grant totaling close to $8.5 million grant.
Dr. Altemueller’s scholarship interests include utilizing the flipped and blended models of classroom instruction, universal design for learning, parental involvement in the special education process, and teacher candidate professional dispositions. Throughout her career, she has been a steadfast advocate for inclusive and accessible education particularly for students with disabilities. She served as the chair for the Access and Inclusion Advisory Board at MSU Denver and lead the effort to bring the Call Me MiSTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) program to Colorado.

Degrees
Doctor of Education: Special Education with statistics minor, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (2001)
Master of Arts: Special Education, Appalachian State University, Boone NC (1996)
Bachelor of Arts: Elementary Education with Spanish concentration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1993)

Certifications
Board Certification in Advocacy in Special Education, American Academy of Special Education Professionals, Expires on March 25, 2027

Selected Scholarly Activities
Altemueller, L. M., Anderson, R., Thyrring, A., & Meyers, T. “Call Me MiSTER Program” Sponsored by Sachs Foundation, $50,000.00. (January 1, 2026 – May 31, 2026)

Altemueller, L. M., "Call Me MiSTER Program," Sponsored by Denver Broncos Community Foundation, $10,000.00. (January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026).

Altemueller, L. M., "Call Me MiSTER Program," Sponsored by Denver Broncos Community Foundation, $10,000.00. (January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025).

Canges, R. L., Altemueller, L. M., TASH Advancing Inclusion, "Inclusive IEPs for Students with Significant Support Needs," TASH, New Orleans, Louisiana. (December 7, 2024).

Altemueller, L. M., Hinde, E. (Co-Principal), Altemueller, L. M. (Co-Principal), "Equity Assistance Center Region IV," Sponsored by Department of Education, Federal, $8,268,512.00. (2016 - 2022).

Fricks-Romero, B. (Author & Presenter), Altemueller, L. M. (Author & Presenter), Bohanana, B. (Author & Presenter), Sell, C. (Author & Presenter), Whitmore, K. (Author), Critical Questions in Education Conference, "Naming the problem: Unexamined and unnamed power dynamics within and across groups result in moments and patterns of disrespect, poor communication, deteriorated relationships, and microagressions.," Academy for Educational Studies, Denver. (October 24, 2022).

Allen, C., Buckley, C., Halley, K. F., Altemueller, L., Tapping into the Power of our Students Conference, "Inclusion - It's the Right Thing to Do," Office of Education Solutions, Denver, CO. (February 25, 2022).

Perry Evenstad, J. (Author & Presenter), Hinde, E. (Author & Presenter), Altemueller, L. (Author & Presenter), National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), "Western Educational Equity Assistance Center at MSU Denver SOE," National Council for the Social Studies, Milwaukee, MN. (November 18, 2021).

Altemueller, L. M. (Author & Presenter), Steering Into The Future, "Utilizing Alternative Field Work to Prepare Special Education Teachers," Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Fort Worth, Texas. (November 5, 2021).

Canges, R. L., Altemueller, L., Halley, K. (2021). Making it Work! Increasing Collaboration between our Special Education and General Education Licensure Programs at MSU Denver. Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, 9(1). https://digscholarship.unco.edu/jeri/vol9/iss1/7

Halley, K. F., Canges, R. L., Altemueller, L. M., Courage to Risk Annual Conference, "Successful Transition Planning in 10 Easy Steps," Colorado Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Colorado Springs, CO. (January 31, 2020).

Canges, R. L., Halley, K. F., Gustashaw, W., Altemueller, L. M., Teacher Education Division, "Making it Work! Increasing Collaboration between our Special Education and General Education Licensure Programs at MSU Denver," Council for Exceptional Children, Las Vegas, Nevada. (November 7, 2018).

Altemueller, L. M., Lindquist, C. L. (2017). Flipped Classroom Instruction for Inclusive Learning. British Journal of Special Education, 44(3), 341-358.

Degree

Other in Special Education

University of Northern Colorado

MA in Special Education Learning Disabilities

Appalachian State University

BA in Elementary Education

University of North Carolina

Published Works

Canges, L. R., Altemueller, L., Halley, F. K. (2021). Making it Work! Increasing Collaboration between our Special Education and General Education Licensure Programs at MSU Denver. Journal of Educational Research and Innovation , 9(1). https://digscholarship.unco.edu/jeri/vol9/iss1/7.
Canges, R., Altemueller, M. L., Halley, K. (2021). Making it Work! Increasing Collaboration between our Special Education and General Education Licensure Programs at MSU Denver. Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, https://digscholarship.unco.edu/jeri/vol9/iss1/7/
Altemueller, M. L., Lindquist, L. C. (2017). Flipped Classroom Instruction for Inclusive Learning. British Journal of Special Education, https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/1467-8578.1217
Lindquist, L. C., Altemueller, M. L. (2014). Flipped Classroom Instruction for Inclusive Learning. Proceedings of Braga 2014 Embracing Inclusinve Approaches for Children and Youth with Special Education Needs Conference, webs.ie.uminho.pt/e-book/
Carroll, D., Fulmer, C., Garrison-Wade, D., Aragon, L., Altemueller (Coval), L. (2011). School Culture for Students with Significant Support Needs: Belonging is not enough. , http://www.internationaljournalofspecialeducation.com/articles.cfm?y=2011&v=26&n=2
Brewer, D. R., Lindquist, C., Altemueller, M. L. (2011). The Dispositions Improvement Process. International Journal of Instruction, http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED522684.pdf
Altemueller, M. L., Reid , M., Brewer , K. (2007). Bellies, Backs, Cleavage & Cracks: The Dispositions Improvement Plan . Colorado Consortium of Special Education Teacher Educators Proceedings ,

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