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.
