Harvey Rude

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Education

• Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado, Special Education Educational Leadership
• M.A. University of Northern Colorado, Special Education Vocational Education
• B.S.Ed. Minnesota State University, Special Education Physical Education

Professional/Academic Experience

• 2007-present, Executive Director of the Breshnahan-Halstead Center, UNC
• 2005-2016, Director of the School of Special Education, UNC
• 2004-2005, Director of the Division of Exceptionalities & Bilingual/ESL Education, UNC
• 1993-2016, Professor of Special Education, UNC

Research/Areas of Interest

• Teacher Quality
• Innovations in Distance Education
• Special Education Leadership and Management Effectiveness
• Special Education Leadership and Management Effectiveness
• Teacher Leadership
• Policy Studies
• Universal Design for Learning
• Response Intervention
• Mathematics and Science
• Consensus and Negotiation
• Culturally Responsive Education Systems
• International Education
• Professional Development Systems
• Strategic Planning pRocess
• Native American Education
• Change and Innovation
• Rural Education

Publications/Creative Works

deBettencourt, L. U., Hoover, J. J., Rude, H. A., & Taylor, S. (2016). Preparing special education higher education faculty: The influences of contemporary education issues and policy recommendations. Teacher Education and Special Education, 39(2), 121-133.

Rude, H. A. & Vogel, L. R. (2015). Native American Innovative Leadership: Motivations and perspectives on educational change. In Aguilera, D., & Tippeconnic, J. (Eds.), Voices of Resistance and Renewal: Indigenous Leadership and Epistemologies. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

Sebald, A. M. & Rude, H. A. (2015). Results of an evaluation study of induction and mentoring for beginning special education teachers: What do they need? Social Welfare Interdisciplinary Approach, 5(1), 58-72.

Kukic, S. & Rude, H. (2014). Organizational change: Transformative leadership for special education. Warner Robins, GA: Council of Administrators of Special Education.

Banerjee, R. & Rude, H. (2013). Using standards-based and evidence-based content in early childhood professional development. Social Welfare Interdisciplinary Approach, 3(2), 42-51.

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