Dr. Jeffrey MacCormack, University of Lethbridge
Dr. Jeffrey MacCormack earned a PhD in Cognitive Studies (thesis related to autism) and is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Inclusion, at the University of Lethbridge. Prof MacCormack has been teaching inclusion at the post-secondary level since 2012. He teaches courses related to inclusion, disability, and special education at the undergraduate level (such as, “Autism in the Classroom” and “Students with Emotional and Behavioural Disorders”) and at the graduate level (“Perceptions of (Dis)ability and Difference”). He has published on the topic of disability in peer-reviewed chapters (“Response from Canadian scholar in inclusive education: What can comparative views of inclusive practices teach us?”) and peer-reviewed publications (“Whereto From Here? A Discussion Among International Scholars of Inclusive Education”).
Prof MacCormack’s expertise in this field also comes from his teaching experience. Prof MacCormack knows about the education of students with severe disabilities because he has taught them. As a former teacher, MacCormack has experience with students with severe disabilities in a specialized classroom as well as in general education classrooms.