After I graduated with a BA in English Literature from National
Taiwan Normal University in 1966, I began my first teaching job
as a 21-year-old high school teacher at my alma mater – Kaohsiung
High School. I went on teaching English at a junior college in Taipei,
Taiwan from 1968 to 1972 before I came to Illinois State University
to study special education. Having earned a Master degree and teacher
licensure in LD/EBD from Illinois State University in 1975, I taught
LD at La Crosse’s Jefferson School for 1.5 years. I went on
completing my special education Ph.D. at University of Minnesota
from 1976 to 1979 before joining the UW Oshkosh faculty in 1979.
I am currently a professor of special education and coordinating
the special education graduate program.
As a scholar, my research agendas primarily involved (a) application
of curriculum-based assessment to improving reading skills of students
with LD, (b) language development and disorders, (c) applied behavior
analysis, (d) eligibility determination of students with LD, (e)
special education teacher caseload policies, (f) early and ongoing
collaboration assistance, (g) evaluation of after-school programs,
and (h) impacts of revised Wisconsin special education eligibility
criteria. Currently, I am involved with studying disproportionality
of students of color referred and placed in special education.
