Assistant Professor Mary Barczak and Research Assistant Professor Malarie Deardorff were named Division on Career and Development Transition (DCDT) Patricia L. Sitlington Emerging Researcher Award winners.
Barczak received the first-place award for her research on using video and picture prompts to teach vocational skills to students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Deardorff, who completed her doctoral degree in special education at OU, was honored for her work examining the effectiveness of professional development in transition.
This award recognizes a graduate student who, through research completed during their doctoral program, shows significant promise for contributing to positive outcomes for transition-aged youth and to the field of transition through transition research. To be considered for the award, graduate students (or recent graduates whose research was completed during their doctoral program) must submit their research for the DCDT Patricia L Sitlington Emerging Researcher poster session. Each student’s poster will be reviewed by a committee during the poster session with awards made to the top students during the DCDT annual conference, which was held virtually Oct. 23-25.
Barczak and Deardorff Named DCDT Sitlington Award Winners
