I am third year doctoral student in SPLED studying mathematics instruction for students with learning disabilities. I’m especially interested in students in middle and high school and in issues of school inequity. Prior to my current role, I taught for 7 years, in CT and NYC (Bronx) primarily as a special education coteacher in middle and high school math classrooms with some experiences in self-contained settings. I’ve been very lucky to be able to work with students in nearly every grade and in private and inner city public and charter school settings. I hold an MSEd from Touro College in NY and a BA in Economics from NYU.
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Paul Riccomini
Presentations
Deshpande, D. S., & Riccomini, P.J. (2018, February). Cardinality: What is it and why does it matter? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Tampa, FL.
Yakubova, G., Hughes, E.M., Young, J.Y., & Deshpande, D. S., (2019, April). STEM Instruction for Students with ASD: A Mega-synthesis of Systematic Review Literature. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, CA.
Taylor, J.T., McKinnon, K., Scheeler, M.C., & Deshpande, D. S., (2019, November). Virtual Reality Classroom Practice: Examining Outcomes and Opinions of Across Preservice Teachers’ Experiences. Presentation accepted for the annual meeting of the Teacher Education Division for the Council for Exceptional Children, New Orleans, LA.
Deshpande, D. S. (2020, February). Interventions for Mathematical Problem Solving for Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities: A Literature Review. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Portland, OR.