Clinical Instructor

mild/moderate

B.S., 1979, University of Utah

Ed.D., 2008, Northern Arizona University

Patricia Santistevan Matthews is a Clinical Instructor with the Mild/Moderate Special Education Program at the University of Utah. She earned her doctorate from Northern Arizona University in curriculum and instruction with a special emphasis in programming for culturally linguistically diverse populations. She has worked as both a special education teacher in the areas of resource and severe and as a Prevention Specialist in general education. Patricia has developed programs for "at risk" regular and special population students, and has trained teachers, parents and support staff. Before coming to the University of Utah, she was employed by Granite School District for fifteen years where she was awarded the Granite Education Foundation Excel Outstanding Educator award for the 1998-99 school year. Her research interests include mathematics instruction, female educational empowerment, and designing and evaluating service learning projects at both the local and global community levels for diverse populations

Office:

219 MBH

Phone:

801.587.9075

E-Mail:

Patricia.Matthews@utah.edu

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