Christina C. Bartholomew, Ph.D.
Christina C. Bartholomew, Ph.D., earned her doctoral degree from Virginia
Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond in December 2007. Prior to
enrolling in the doctoral program, she worked as a special educator in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. During her teaching experience, she worked with
students with disabilities in both academic and employment settings. She has
served as the student representative on the board of the Council for
Exceptional Children’s Division on Career Development and Transition and
was awarded the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Scholarship Award for VCU’s
School of Education in 2006. Dr. Bartholomew has worked on a statewide
project promoting the instruction of self-determination skills in secondary settings
and has created and implemented professional development seminars for
middle school teachers in the areas of coteaching, collaboration, and assessment
practices.
Dr. Bartholomew has taught several graduate-level courses in secondary
and transition programming, co-teaching and collaboration, instructional
methods for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and trends and characteristics
in special education. She has presented at numerous state and national
conferences on self-determination, student-led individualized education programs,
and linking transition to academic goals and instruction. She has conducted
dissertation research in the area of teacher perceptions of school and
classroom influences on their support for student self-determination, and she
has coauthored articles for educational journals. She currently works in the
field of special education as an adjunct instructor at VCU and as an educational
consultant.