Jacquelyn M. Urbani, Ph.D.

Jacquelyn M. Urbani, Ph.D.

Jacquelyn M. Urbani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education, Dominican University of California; San Rafael, California; [email protected]. Dr. Urbani completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in human development and special education. Her interests in literacy achievement began when she was a teacher at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, where she taught for 12 years. She is also interested in pre-and in-service teacher education and is currently engaged in research exploring the roles of doctoral programs and hiring institutions in developing quality educators. Specifically, she is examining the features of institutions that assist in developing content and pedagogical knowledge across disciplines.