Ann Fullerton, PhD, is an associate professor currently serving as the special education department chair at PSU. She teaches instructional methods and assessment courses in the special education program. Dr. Fullerton's interests include transition, self-determination, students with autism, and recreation for persons with disabilities.

Julie Esparza Brown, MS, is a bilingual/bicultural educator whose focus has been working with diverse students with special needs. Currently, she is the director of the Bilingual Teacher Pathway program at Portland State University. She has 20 years of experience as a general, bilingual, and special educator; school psychologist; and trainer in grades K-12. She also serves as adjunct faculty at Lewis & Clark College, where she instructs classes for school psychology students in the area of assessment.

Steve Isaacson, PhD, is a professor and past chair of the Special Education Department at PSU. Dr. Isaacson is a national leader in the area of instruction for students with learning disabilities. He teaches courses in reading, academic instruction, and learning disabilities. Among his many areas of expertise are reading and writing instruction, classroom and diagnostic assessment, modifying content instruction, and strategy instruction.

Gina Moreno, MS, has been working in the field of special education for over 24 years. She is currently employed by a local school district as a special education district facilitator and is in private practice providing staff development services, workshops, and student behavioral/educational program support to school districts and families. Ms. Moreno is a third-year doctoral student in special education at PSU. Additionally, she is working on a special education personnel staff development ODE grant project for a local school district.

Dr. Helen Young, is currently a full-time research associate faculty member in the PSU Special Education Program and an associate in the PSU Autism Training and Research Center. She has conducted extensive research in the field of autism spectrum disorders. Ms. Young is currently working on her dissertation, Identifying Variables that Improve the Learning Outcomes for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. For the last eight years, she has been the project coordinator for the Oregon Autism Spectrum Disorders Outcome Study and Training Project. Additionally, she teaches graduate courses in severe disabilities, autism, and research design. Ms. Young is the co-author of a peer-reviewed journal article, " Designing an Outcome Study to Monitor the Progress of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders," that appeared in the summer 2003 issue of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.