Maria Chacin

Department of Teaching and Learning

Award for Outstanding Master’s Student in Special Education

Maria has exemplified excellence through her thoughtful consideration of and interweaving of her personal experience, teaching experience, and key aspects of critical readings across her courses. She demonstrates dedication and commitment to the field of special education. Maria Chacin is a career long educator and demonstrates dedication and commitment to the field of special education. Maria has exemplified consistent excellence in the SPED Master's program through her thoughtful consideration of and interweaving of her personal experience and teaching experience. She has been a leader in the program and has modeled for her peers the how to bridge the research to practice gap by linking critical research and theoretical readings across her courses with her extensive teaching practice