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Education
M.Ed., University of Delaware, 2007
M.A., Michigan State University, 2004
B.A., Ithaca College, 1998
Biography
Michael J. Kennedy is an Associate Professor of Special Education in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. He is the head of the STORMED Lab (Supporting Teachers through cOaching, obseRvations, and Multimedia to Educate students with Disabilities) please visit: https://education.virginia.edu/faculty-research/centers-labs-projects/research-labs/stormed-lab. Before completing his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas, he was a high school special education teacher for six years and an elementary level teacher for three years. Kennedy's main area of research is the design, implementation, and experimental testing of multimedia-based interventions to support pre- and in-service teachers' knowledge and implementation of evidence-based practices. He has designed and experimentally tested numerous multimedia products intended to support teacher and student outcomes. Innovations include Content Acquisition Podcasts (CAPs), which are instructional vignettes intended to support teachers’ knowledge and readiness to implement evidence-based and high-leverage practices. CAPs can also be used to support literacy and content related outcomes for students with high incidence disabilities. Please visit www.VocabSupport.com, www.SpedIntro.com, and www.highleveragepractices.org to find free resources for teaching and learning. In addition, Kennedy and two former doctoral students created the Classroom Teaching (CT) Scan (www.thectscan.com), which is a flexible tool used for observing teachers or teacher candidates and providing data-driven coaching and feedback. The CT Scan is paired with CAPs to create a multimedia professional development process for teachers seeking a light-touch option for learning new evidence-based practices and implementing them with fidelity.
Kennedy has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles; and, along with colleagues, received a 2018 doctoral level (Project SEEDS, see below) and 2019 masters level (Project VIDEO, see below) training grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) within the U.S. Department of Education. In 2019, Kennedy and two colleagues also received a 5-year 2.5 million dollar grant as part of OSEP's Stepping Up technology implementation competition (Project S4, see below). He was an inaugural winner of the early career research and mentoring grant competition from the Institute for Education Sciences in 2013. He is Co-Editor of Journal of Special Education Technology and a member of U.Va’s Faculty Senate. Kennedy was awarded the 2021 TED/Pearson Excellence in Teacher Education Award, and U.Va’s Alumni Board of Trustees Award for excellence in university teaching in 2015.
Publications
Sponsored Awards
Courses
UVA Service
Faculty Senate
National Service
Journal of Special Education Technology
Honors
2021 TED/Pearson Excellence in Teacher Education Award – Awarded by Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
2019 Nominee for Division for Research Early Career Award
2017 & 2018 Nominee for AERA Division K Early Career Award
2015 Early Career Researcher Award—Awarded by the Instructional Technology Special Interest Group (SIG-IT) within AERA
2015 Alumni Board of Trustees All University Teaching Award—Awarded by
University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center
2015 Nominee for State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) Outstanding Faculty Award (Rising Star)
2013 Publication of the Year Award—Awarded by the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
2011 Dissertation of the Year Award—Awarded by the University of Kansas School of Education
2011 Judy Tate Outstanding Doctoral Student Award—Awarded by the University of
Kansas Department of Special Education