Dr. Beth Harry Biography

Beth Harry is a Professor of special education in the Department of Teaching and Learning. A native of Jamaica she entered the field of special education as a parent of a child with cerebral palsy an experience that has been chronicled in her memoir Melanie bird with a broken wing: A mother’s story .
Inspired by her experience as a parent Dr. Harry’s research and teaching focus on the impact of special education on children and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Her studies have included Puerto Rican African American and a wide range of other cultural groups. In 2002 Dr. Harry served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ panel to study the disproportionate placement of minority students in special education. Her research on these topics have been published in numerous books and articles most recently two books: Why are so many minority students in special education? and Case Studies of Minority Student Placement in Special Education published by Teachers College Press. In 2003 she received a Fulbright award to do research on Moroccan children’s schooling in Spain where she was based at the University of Seville.
Dr. Harry earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees at the University of Toronto Canada and her Ph.D. at Syracuse University. Previously an associate professor at the University of Maryland at College Park Dr. Harry has also taught in Toronto and Jamaica and was founder and director of Immortelle Center for Special Education Port of Spain Trinidad.

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