College of Education
Janet Story Sauer
Assistant Professor of Special Education
College of Education
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
(719) 255-3701
Janet Sauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Prior to joining the UCCS faculty, Dr. Sauer developed and taught in a Professional Development School for Special Education in Dubuque, Iowa. She earned her doctorate in Special Education from the University of Northern Iowa where she also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Inclusive Early Childhood Literate Community Project. Her research interests focus on examining positive relationships in inclusive contexts, the nature of creativity as access to literacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Janet’s advocacy efforts for the inclusion of students with disabilities in community and educational contexts have also led her to explore co-constructions in research methodology.
Education
Ed.D, Special Education
University of Northern Iowa – 2007
M.Ed., Special Education
Ohio University – 1996
B.S., Mass Communication
Emerson College – 1985
Teaching
SPED 5001/3001
Introduction to Special Education
Current Topics in Special Education
Scholarship
Dr. Sauer continually presents around the country at national and regional conferences including TASH and the Disabilities Studies in Education SIG of the AERA. She also holds interactive workshops at local schools on topics ranging from collaboration between parents and schools to making adaptations and modifications for students with disabilities.
Selected Publications
- Sauer, J. (2009). Imagination in the lives of young children with significant disabilities. Manuscript submitted to the American Association on Developmental Disabilities.
- Selle, K., Salamon, K., Boarman, R. & Sauer, J. (2008). Providing interprofessional learning through interdisciplinary collaboration: The role of “modeling.” Manuscript accepted for publication with the Journal for Interprofessional Care.
- Sauer, J. (2007). Contesting the social borderlands: Portraits of three young people with significant disabilities and their struggle for positive relationships (Doctoral dissertation, University of Northern Iowa, 2007).
- Kliewer, C., Kasa-Hendrickson, C., Sauer, J., & McCarthy, J. (2007). Enacting literacy: Local understanding, significant disability, and a new frame for educational opportunity. Manuscript submitted for publication.
- Sauer, J. (2007). No surprises, please: A mother’s story of betrayal and the fragility of inclusion. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 45(4), 273-277.
- Sauer, J., McCarthy, J. & Kliewer, C. (2006). The inclusive early childhood literate community: Supporting all children’s citizenship. TASH Connections. 32(3-4).
Service
University
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Member, Committee for COE Diversity
Guest Lecturer, Freshmen Seminar