Deshler receives School of Education research award

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Don Deshler, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Special Education and director of the Center for Research on Learning, received the 2010 Faculty Achievement Award for Research from the University of Kansas School of Education. Chriss Walther-Thomas, chair of the School of Education’s Department of Special Education, presented the award to Deshler during a reception today.

In an announcement about the award,Walther-Thomas wrote: “As one of the country’s leading adolescent literacy and disability researchers, Don’s remarkable body of work provides international acclaim for the university, the school, and the department.”

Rick Ginsberg, dean, School of Education; Don Deshler, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Special Education and director of the Center for Research on Learning; and Chriss Walther-Thomas, chair, Department of Special Education