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Douglas teaches special education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels and supervises student teachers in placements in elementary and secondary schools. Prior to teaching in higher education, she taught high school students with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder for four years in Georgia. She promoted inclusion, community-based instruction, and vocational-based instruction as a special educator.

Douglas’s research interests include enhancing inclusive practices in schools to support the academic and social/emotional skills of all students but especially students with disabilities. She conducts intervention studies using single-case research methodologies in school, university, and community settings. She enjoys collaborating with undergraduate and graduate students on research projects. She has written articles published in professional journals such as The Journal of Special EducationTEACHING Exceptional ChildrenThe Journal of Special Education Technology, and Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities. She also writes book chapters and presents at state, national, and international conferences.

Douglas received her Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison University and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Georgia.