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BREDA O'KEEFFE

(she/her/hers)

Associate Professor

Special Education

Orcid identifier0000-0003-1316-4736
  • Associate Professor
    Special Education
  • 801-585-1817 (Work)

BIO

Breda O’Keeffe, Ph.D. (she/her/hers), is an Associate Professor, the Program Area Coordinator for the Mild/Moderate Disabilities Program, the Associate Chair in the Department of Special Education, and a Utah Education Policy Center Faculty Research Associate at the University of Utah. She completed her doctoral degree at Utah State University (OSEP funded) and an IES postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Connecticut. 

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Special Education1 Jul 2018 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Special Education1 Jul 2011 - 30 Jun 2018

DEGREES

  • BA, Literature
    Harvard Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA1996
  • MS, Special Education
    National University, San Diego, CA2001
  • PhD, Disability Disciplines, Special Education
    Utah State University, Logan, UT2009

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship
    University of Connecticut, Storrs, United States1 Aug 2009 - 30 Jun 2025
    Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Sugai G

FIELDS OF RESEARCH