Our Team

Pooja Patel
Teacher, United Nations School & Teachers College, Columbia University, NY
Dr. Karen Harris
Professor, Arizona State University, AZ
Dr. Steve Graham
Professor, Arizona State University, AZ
Amanda Rhea
Teacher, United Nations School, NY
Tiana Phillips
Coach, Belmont School, Worcester, MA
Lisa Regele
Retired Teacher, Worcester Public Schools
Allison Lienert
Teacher at Currey Ingram Academy, Nashville TN
Jess Macedo
Reading Teacher, Cumberland, RI
Jen Traverso
Literacy Coordinator, Westford, MA
Dr. Leslie Laud
Instructor, Bank Street College of Education, NY
Jules Csillag
Speech & Language Pathologist, NYU, NY
Amy Thomas
Literacy Coordinator, Jefferson County, CO
Dr. Joyce King-McIver
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Dr. Jaime Greene & Dr. Derek Voiles
Assistant Principal & Teacher, Hamblen County, TN
Heidi Zollman
Literacy Coordinator, Rochester, NH
Dr. Karyn Saxon
Curriculum Director, Wayland, MAOur Story
thinkSRSD began in the classroom and continues to focus on the classroom

Beginnings
Run SRSD courses for NYC DOE, NYBIDA and Bank Street College. Begin presenting on SRSD at schools in NYC, Teachers College and national conferences (CEC).

Launch
Dr. Laud offers first ever online SRSD course via Bank Street College, & Pooja Patel begins presenting SRSD in France & UK.

Current Work
We collect data on growth in schools using blended model vs entirely eLearning to track gains from each model.
Additional Experts Who Advise Us
All advisors, including Dr. Karen Harris & Dr. Steve Graham, have no financial ties with thinkSRSD.
Assistant to the Associate Superintendent of Special Education and Student Services for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland
Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Utah
Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University
Associate Professor & Division Director for Special Education, University of Albany
Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University
Assistant Professor of Special Education at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
About Us
thinkSRSD is the community of teachers and researchers who use and study SRSD. We offer SRSD in-person professional development and e-learning courses taught by teachers with decades of experience using SRSD. The teachers at thinkSRSD have taught SRSD courses for over 10 years, since offering the very first open-enrollement course in SRSD in 2008.