Department of Special Educational Child Development (SPCD)

Heather Taylor is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte. Her research and teaching interests include coaching, mentoring, and professional development in fields of early childhood education at pre-service and in-service levels, early intervention, early childhood special education, advocacy, and family-centered practices. Education Ph.D. – University […]

Shawnee Wakeman is a Clinical Professor in the Special Education and Child Development program. She completed her Ph.D. at UNC Charlotte in 2005 and has worked in various capacities at the university since that time. Wakeman has lead several federally funded projects related to inclusion, evidence-based strategies in classrooms, and alternate assessments. She teaches undergraduate […]

Virginia L. Walker is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Walker began her career as a special education teacher of students with extensive support needs in Atlanta, Georgia before attending the University of Virginia where she worked on several federally funded grants […]

Charles Wood is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development. His research and teaching interests include applied behavior analysis, science and philosophy in behavior analysis, single-case designs, and multitiered academic and behavioral interventions, and is BCBA-D certified. Education Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, 2005, Special Education and Applied Behavior AnalysisM.Ed. […]