Background and Interests
Dr. Michael N. Faggella-Luby 
Dr. Faggella-Luby is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut and
an Associate Research Scholar at the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED) and a research scientist at the Center
for Behavioral Education and Research (CBER).
Dr. Faggella-Luby's scholarly interests focus on learning disabilities, literacy, reading education, special education, diverse
learning needs, instructional design, secondary education, and school reform. He has recently taken over the post-school outcomes for
students with disabilities transition survey for the Connecticut State Department of Education. Dr. Faggella-Luby has written
publications related to cognitive learning strategies, responsiveness to intervention, self-determination, literacy, transition to
postsecondary education, and urban school reform. In 2006 he received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the Council for
Learning Disabilities and in 2007 the Annual Dissertation Award from CEC's Division of Learning Disabilities for his dissertation study,
Embedded Learning Strategy Instruction: Story-Structure Pedagogy in Secondary Classes for Diverse Learners.
Before joining the faculty at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Faggella-Luby was a doctoral fellow at the University of Kansas Center
for Research on Learning under the direction of Drs. Donald Deshler and Jean Schumaker. He earned his doctorate from the Special Education
Department at the University of Kansas. Dr. Faggella-Luby is a former high school administrator and teacher of both English and chemistry.
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