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0335 EXTENSION CNTR
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Duffy, Sharon A

Acting Dean
Professor

University Extension

University Extension


Graduate School of Education

Graduate School of Education


Biography

Major teaching interests: Mental retardation, severe handicaps, issues in special education Major areas of research and professional activity: .Parent and school influences on development of children at-risk and with severe disabilities, quality of life measurement, mental health and mental retardation, computers in special education Executive Committee, Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Mental Retardation; Past President, Academy on Mental Retardation; Consulting editor, American Journal of Mental Retardation; Mental Retardation,Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, Journal on Developmental Disabilities; Committee on Terminology and Classification Revision, American Association on Mental Retardation; Executive Board Region II, American Association of Mental Retardation; Co-director UC Links Program at UC Riverside.

Degrees

BS Behavioral Science 1973

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

MA Special Education 1979

University of California, Riverside

PhD Special Education 1986

University of California, Riverside

Awards

University of California Presential Grants for School Improvment Program, Research Recognition Award, 1992
Exceptional Instructor Award from the Chancellor's Advisory Committe
Education Award from the American Association on Mental Retardation -- Region II, 1996