Emily Bouck

Assistant Professor
Special Education

Department of Educational Studies

 

Research

Dr. Bouck has two lines of research.  One line involves assistive technology in the content areas for students with high incidence disabilities, particularly at the secondary level.  The other line focuses on students with mild intellectual disabilities and issues of curricula (such as a functional curriculum) for this population at the secondary level.

Education

Ph.D.	Michigan State University, 2006, Special Education
M.S.W.	University of Michigan, 2001, School Social Work
B.A.	Northwestern University, 2000, Psychology and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences

Selected Publications

• Bouck, E. C., & Kulkarni, G. (in press). Middle school mathematics curricula and students with learning disabilities: Is one curricula better? Learning Disability Quarterly.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C., & Flanagan, S. M. (2009). Assistive technology and mathematics: What is there and where can we go in special education. Journal of Special Education Technology, 24(2), 17-30.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C., Bassette, L., Taber-Doughty, T., Flanagan, S. M., & Szwed, K. (2009). Pentop computers as tools for teaching multiplication to students with mild intellectual disabilities. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 44, 367-380.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C. (2009). Calculating the value of graphing calculators for seventh grade students with and without disabilities: A pilot study. Remedial and Special Education, 30, 207-215.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C., & Flanagan, S. M. (in press). Virtual manipulatives: What are they and how teachers can use them.  Intervention in School and Clinic.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C. (2008). Factors impacting the enactment of a functional curriculum in self-contained cross-categorical programs. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 43, 294-310.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C., Okolo, C. M., Englert, C. S., & Heutsche, A. (2008). Cognitive apprenticeship into the discipline: Helping students with disabilities think and act like historians. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C. (2007). Lost in Translation: Educating secondary students with mild mental impairment. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18, 79-87.
   
• Bouck, E. C. (2004). Exploring Secondary Special Education for Mild Mental Impairment: A Program in Search of Its Place. Remedial and Special Education, 25, 367-382.
  

Courses Taught

EDPS 462	Advanced Strategies for Teaching Individuals with Disabilities
EDPS 459	Assistive Technology
EDPS 568	Social, Legal, & Ethical Issues in Special Education
EDPS 661	Review & Implications of Research in Special Education

Professional Experience

2006-present	Assistant Professor of Special Education, College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2002-2006	Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2001-2002	School Social Worker, Gladwin-Harrison Regional Education District, Harrison, MI