Manina Urgolo Huckvale Professor • Special Education, Professional Counseling and Disability Studies View CV Manina Urgolo Huckvale, Ed.D., is associate professor in the Department of Special Education, Professional Counseling and Disabilities Studies at William Paterson University (WPU). Her expertise is in special education and transitions for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, having recently co-edited and written a book on Autism and Low Incidence Disabilities. Her research interests also include teacher preparation, having written her dissertation on evaluating teacher education graduates on their preparedness to teach. She has served nationally on the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Task Force on Field Experience Standards, and is a past president of the New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NJACTE). She is a graduate of Leadership America (2005), a Laureate of the Association of Teacher Educators, and participated in the New England Regional Leadership Forum for Women Administrators, American Council on Education Office of Women in Higher Education.Prior to joining WPU, Dr. Urgolo Huckvale served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Seton Hall University. She also has teaching and administrative experience in urban, suburban and rural communities in both the US and Canada. Professional Interests Special Education, Autism (transitions), teacher education, higher education, mentoring women in higher education Other Interests Art collecting Degrees EdD Higher Education Leadership, Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ BA Speech Pathology and Audiology, Montclair State University Montclair, NJ MA Special Education, Kean University Union, NJ MPA Health Care Administration, Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ Specialization Special Education, Autism (transitions), Mentoring, Women's Issues Licenses and Certifications Licensure 06/30/1974 Speech Correctionist, NJ Department of Education State Licensure 07/31/1976 Speech Correctionist, NY Department of Education State Licensure 06/30/1994 Supervisor, NJ Department of Education State licensure 06/30/1976 Teacher of the Handicapped, NJ Department of Education State Licensure 07/31/1976 Teacher of the Handicapped, NY Department of Education State Representative Publications Dignity of the Calling: Educators Share the Beginnings of Their Journeys; Making the Academic Road by Walking: Building Our Own Community of Practice; Information Age Publishing, Inc.; 2018 http://www.infoagepub.com Using Case Studies in the Higher Education Classroom Case Studies in Higher Education: What’s the Big Idea? ; Case Study Methodology in Higher Education; IGI Global; Representative Presentations A New Vision of Graduate Programs in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Promising Practices Division on Career Development and Transition Council for Exceptional Children Myrtle Beach, SC 2016 Asperger’s Skill Building Network: A 5 year evaluation YAI International Conference, NYC, NY. 1977 Montclair, 2015 Awards and Honors Early Tenure College of Education 09/01/2015 Notable Courses Taught SPED 6320 & 6330, Research I and IISPC 5800 Collaboration of Home, School & CommunitySPC 5640 Managing Challenging BehaviorsSPED 5420 Foundations of Learning DisabilitiesSPC 5850 Co-Teaching and Collaboration in Special EducationSPC 6750 Assessment of Learning in Clinical PracticeSPED 6730 Teacher as Professional LeadersSPED 6720 Teacher as ResearcherSPED 6725 LDT-C as ResearcherSPED 5430 Education of Students with Disabilities Email 973 720 2680 3002 Valley Road By appointment
