Shana Haines
Associate Professor of Special Education
Program Coordinator for PhD in Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE)
85 South Prospect St
446 Waterman
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ph.D. in Special Education from University of Kansas
- M.A. in Education from City College, College of the University of New York (CUNY)
- B.A. in Urban Studies and Environmental Science from Barnard College, New York
BIO
Dr. Shana Haines works with undergraduates, graduate students, and doctoral students in the Special Education and Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity programs. She is also the co-program coordinator for the PhD in Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE). Her background includes service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa and as a teacher in New York City and Portland, Maine before earning her PhD in Special Education with a focus on family-professional partnership from the University of Kansas in 2013.
Dr. Haines' research focuses on improving meaningful family, school, and community collaborations in order to increase well-being and belongingness, especially for historically marginalized students and families. She has done this work in the U.S. as well as abroad as a Fulbright Scholar in 2020 at the Universidade dos Açores. Her preferred research methods involved partnering with community agencies and schools to conduct relevant and useful research, case studies, and other qualitative designs. She appreciates working with students on research studies. She is also a co-PI on Project RESILIENCY, an OSEP-funded leadership grant funding scholars pursuing a PhD in SHIE.
Along with her colleague Dr. Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Haines received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to address the shortage of special educators. Cultivating Collaborative and Resilience-Oriented Practices in Special Educators (C-CROPS) will provide tuition and innovative programming for graduate students to become licensed special educators prepared to serve students with high intensity social-emotional-behavioral needs and emotional disabilities. The project will also create a network of educators working collaboratively to sustain their engagement in the profession.
Dr. Haines is the chair-elect for AERA's Family, School, and Community Collaboration SIG #43. She serves on the editorial board of the School Community Journal and The Reading Teacher, and is involved in the Families Researchers Network.
She recently co-authored two books, Humanizing Methodologies in Education Research (Teachers College Press, 2021) and Families and Professionals: Trusting Partnerships in General and Special Education (Pearson, 2022). She record of scholarship includes 45 published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the School Community Journal, Exceptional Children, Teaching and Teacher Education, Preventing School Failure, and Qualitative Inquiry.
Courses
- Issues Affecting Persons with Disabilities
- Family, School, and Community Collaboration
- Early Literacy and Math Curriculum
- Global Resilience in Family, School, and Community Collaboration: Azores
- Special Education Practicum, Non-Endorsement
- ELL Practicum
- Curriculum and Technology in Special Education: Literacy
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- Fulbright Scholar, Portugal (2020)
- Core Fulbright Scholar, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2019)
- Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Research, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2018)
- Kansas DEC Student Award (2013)
Area(s) of expertise
- Family, school, and community collaboration
- Inclusive practices in special education
- Teacher preparation
- Qualitative research
Bio
Dr. Shana Haines works with undergraduates, graduate students, and doctoral students in the Special Education and Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity programs. She is also the co-program coordinator for the PhD in Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health and Inclusive Education (SHIE). Her background includes service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa and as a teacher in New York City and Portland, Maine before earning her PhD in Special Education with a focus on family-professional partnership from the University of Kansas in 2013.
Dr. Haines' research focuses on improving meaningful family, school, and community collaborations in order to increase well-being and belongingness, especially for historically marginalized students and families. She has done this work in the U.S. as well as abroad as a Fulbright Scholar in 2020 at the Universidade dos Açores. Her preferred research methods involved partnering with community agencies and schools to conduct relevant and useful research, case studies, and other qualitative designs. She appreciates working with students on research studies. She is also a co-PI on Project RESILIENCY, an OSEP-funded leadership grant funding scholars pursuing a PhD in SHIE.
Along with her colleague Dr. Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Haines received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to address the shortage of special educators. Cultivating Collaborative and Resilience-Oriented Practices in Special Educators (C-CROPS) will provide tuition and innovative programming for graduate students to become licensed special educators prepared to serve students with high intensity social-emotional-behavioral needs and emotional disabilities. The project will also create a network of educators working collaboratively to sustain their engagement in the profession.
Dr. Haines is the chair-elect for AERA's Family, School, and Community Collaboration SIG #43. She serves on the editorial board of the School Community Journal and The Reading Teacher, and is involved in the Families Researchers Network.
She recently co-authored two books, Humanizing Methodologies in Education Research (Teachers College Press, 2021) and Families and Professionals: Trusting Partnerships in General and Special Education (Pearson, 2022). She record of scholarship includes 45 published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the School Community Journal, Exceptional Children, Teaching and Teacher Education, Preventing School Failure, and Qualitative Inquiry.
Courses
- Issues Affecting Persons with Disabilities
- Family, School, and Community Collaboration
- Early Literacy and Math Curriculum
- Global Resilience in Family, School, and Community Collaboration: Azores
- Special Education Practicum, Non-Endorsement
- ELL Practicum
- Curriculum and Technology in Special Education: Literacy
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- Fulbright Scholar, Portugal (2020)
- Core Fulbright Scholar, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (2019)
- Joseph A. Abruscato Award for Research, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont (2018)
- Kansas DEC Student Award (2013)
Areas of Expertise
- Family, school, and community collaboration
- Inclusive practices in special education
- Teacher preparation
- Qualitative research