Susan W. Parker, Ph.D.
Department Head, Education (Education) Professor of Education (Education) Director, Women's Leadership and Mentorship Program (Women's Leadership and Mentorship Program)
parkers@rmu.edu 412-397-6245 phone (M) 412-397-6044 fax Wheatley Center 212

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Special Education/Early Intervention, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
• Master of Education, Special Education, Pennsylvania State University, 1992
• Bachelor of Arts, Commmunication Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 1985
• Certificate, Elementary Certification, Chatham University, 1988

Professional Background

• Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA Assistant Professor of Special Education
• Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, Visiting Professor of Special Education
• Univeristy of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Graduate Student Researcher & UCLID Fellow
• Achieva, Pittsburgh, PA Developmental Therapist
• Chester County Intermediate Unit, Exton, PA, Service Coordinator, Classroom Teacher, Home Visitor
• Ken-Crest Services, Philadelphia, PA, Early Intervention Classroom Teacher
• Allegheny County Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PA Headstart Classroom Teacher & Home Visitor

Area of Expertise/Research

• Perceptions of hope for families of young children with disabilities
• Social issues related to young children with disabilities

Presentations

• 2012 - Recognizing Developmental Red Flags- Workshop for the Early Childhood Initiative in conjunction with the Laughlin Center, a NAEYC accredited preschool in Sewickley, PA.
• 2011 - Linking PA Standards to Lesson Planning- Early Childhood Initiative
• 2010 - Gracious Space Parker, S.W., Wolf, T., Brletic,C., Seiger, L., Tittinger, R., Fedon, K. at the PA-CEC conference in State College, PA
• 2009 - Accommodating a split Student-Teaching Placement - Domanski, L., Parker, S.W., Gettemy, C. Cunningham, J., Shiner, R., Kushner, K., Byers, J. Slippery Rock University Student Teacher Supervision Conference.
• 2008 - Identifying Developmental Red Flags - Project ECHO
• 2001 - Strategies for Developing/Using Video in Personnel Preparation Tepe, J.H., Kaczmarek, L.A., Parker, S.W., Knoll, D. Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children?s Division of Early Childhood Annual Conference, Boston, MA.
• 2001 - Home-School Communication Books: A discussion of Strategies Kaczmarek, L.A., Paker, S.W., Brown, M., Tepe, J.H. Presented at the state wide early intervention annual conference, Hershey, PA.
• 2000 - Communication Notebooks: A Content Analysis Kaczmarek, L.A., Parker, S.W., Shair, E., Laughlin, J., Tepe, J.H., Brown, M. Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children?s Division of Early Childhood Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.