Dr. Jennifer L. Stringfellow
Introduction Education & Training Community Frequently Taught Courses Research & Creative Interests Professional Affiliations

Dr. Jennifer L. Stringfellow

Associate Professor Email: jlstringfellow@eiu.edu

INTRODUCTION

SPE:

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday  10 am to noon, each day.

If these hours do not work for you, please email me and we can set a day and time to meet.

Union:

Monday / Friday 10 am to 1 pm

If these hours do not work for you, please email me and we can set a time and modality (i.e., mask to mask or virtually)

Education & Training

UNLV / Las Vegas, NV / 2007  Doctorate in Special Education

UNLV / Las Vegas, NV / 2001  Masters in Special Education

UIUC / Champaign-Urbana, IL / 1979 BS in Social Studies - Secondary Education

Community

Member of Camp New Hope Board

Camp is for individuals from 8 to 80+ years who have disabilities; started by families to provide help and support for each other and been in business since the 1970s.

 

Frequently Taught Courses

I typically teach one or both of the 2 courses that present content about individuals with significant disabilities - intellectual and/or physical.

Students learn about the history of treatment and education, legislation regarding treatment and education, inclusion with peers across the lifespan, and transition from school to community life. We discuss the good and the not as good and where we might like to go.

Each of these courses offers our teacher candidates the opportunity to work with students from the very young to those who are getting ready to transition out of school in all kinds of school settings. 

Research & Creative Interests

  • Teacher Preparation: special education, co-teaching, collaboration/consultation, inclusion
  • Self-Determination: developing positive beliefs, developing skills
  • Womens' Issues: in general and, specifically relationship to women with disabilities

Professional Affiliations

Member of:

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Illinois Council for Exceptional Children (ICEC), Delta Kappa Gamma, TASH, The ARC, and AIDD

CEC/CAEP program reviewer

Review program proposals for CEC and TED/CEC