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Judy L. Shanley, Ph.D. jshanley@air.org Primary Interests Disability Issues in School and Postsecondary Education Settings Research and Information Dissemination Rehabilitation Counseling Teacher Education and Professional Development Issues

Judy Shanley is currently a Senior Research Analyst with AIR and primarily works on the EMSTAC project. She has been employed at AIR since November 1998. Her primary responsibilities include synthesizing research related to special education issues and developing and disseminating products and informational materials based on this research. Judy worked with a technology vendor to develop an interactive web-based training site. This site is used to assess distance education methodologies as a training modality to bring research-based practices to local school systems around the country.

Judy developed recruitment and marketing materials for prospective EMSTAC Linking Agents and is actively involved in developing the comprehensive Linking Agent training program. Her professional interests include product development, marketing, and information dissemination, and she continues to be an active member of The Council for Exceptional Children; the Division on Career Development and Transition, Teacher Education Division; and the Division on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners.

Before coming to AIR, Judy was the Project Director for the National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education (NCPSE) at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Prior to her role as Project Director, Judy was the Research Associate at NCPSE for 3 years. In this role, she conducted demographic research and examined career patterns of special education and related service professionals with an emphasis upon cultural and linguistic diversity and education professionals with disabilities. She has published in areas related to culturally and linguistically diverse professionals in special education and special education teacher retention. Judy has experience collecting data, writing federal grants, and providing outreach services to information seekers via voice, letter, and electronic communication mechanisms.

Judy has a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Florida; she also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, both from Syracuse University. She has worked as a Rehabilitation Counselor in both the public and private sectors.

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