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Department
Special Education
Office Location
304D MRL
Mailing Address
Peabody #228
230 Appleton Place
Nashville, TN 37203-5721
Direct Phone
615-322-5648
Fax Number
615-343-1570
Email Address
Mary Louise Hemmeter
Associate Professor of Special Education
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1991
Joined faculty in 2005
Professor Hemmeter earned a Ph.D. in Education and Human Development/Special Education in 1991 from Vanderbilt University; a master's in Education and Human Development/Special Education in 1987 from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University; and a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood/Special Education in 1984 from Auburn University. Before joining the faculty at Peabody, she served as Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, at the University of Illinois.
Professor Hemmeter sits on the editorial boards of Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, the Journal of Early Intervention, Young Exceptional Children, and the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. She is also a member of both the Head Start Advisory Committee on Research and Evaluation (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and the Expert Advisor's Group for "Supporting Teachers, Strengthening Families" (National Association for the Education of Young Children).
Professor Hemmeter is currently researching the effects of group and individual interventions on emerging literacy skills in preschoolers, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education: Office of Special Education Programs.