Dr. Christy Borders
Director, Illinois Tutoring Initiative
Illinois Tutoring Initiative
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 533
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00a-4:30pm by appointment
Office Phone
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
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Biography
Dr. Borders received her doctoral degree in special education from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Borders has 7 years of teaching and administration experience in P-12 schools for students who are Deaf/hard of hearing.
Current Courses
330.001English Sign System
287.001Independent Study
513.002Seminar In Evaluation Of Special Education Programs
Teaching Interests & Areas
Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavior Disorders
Research Methodology
Research Interests & Areas
Interventions and teaching methods for students who are deaf/hard of hearing with additional disabilities, specifically autism spectrum disorders
EDD Special Education
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
MS Speech and Hearing Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
BS Special Education - Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Illinois State University Impact Award
Illinois State University
2018
Illinois State University Impact Award
Illinois State University
2017
Outstanding Author Contribution – Advances in Special Education
Emerald Literati Network
2016
Outstanding College of Education Teaching Award
College of Education, Illinois State University
2015
Illinois State University Impact Award
Illinois State University
2014
Coleman Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellowship
Coleman Foundation
2013
Excellence in Teaching Award
Division of Teacher Education, University of Cincinnati
2009
Outstanding Doctoral Student
Special Education, University of Cincinnati
2009
Antoinette Francis Dames Award for Outstanding Scholarship
Washington University in St. Louis
2004
Book, Chapter
Borders, C. Special Education for Young Learners who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Advances in Special Education: Volume 34. Special Education for Young Learners with Disabilities. Emerald 34 (2019)
Borders, C., Jones-Bock, S., Giese, K., Gardiner-Walsh, S., & Probst, K. Interventions for Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. Advances in Special Education. Emerald Group 33 (2018): 75-105.
Borders, C., Bock, S., Giese, K., Gardiner-Walsh, S., & Probst, K. Interventions for students who are deaf/hard of hearing. Viewpoints on interventions for learners with disabilities 33 (2018): 75--105.
Bock, S. J., Borders, C., Whitley, S., Hardin, S., & Kroesch, A. M. (2017). Behavioral assessment. In J. P. Bakken (Ed.), Classrooms: Practices, Assessment and Improvement Strategies. New York: NOVA Publishers.
Borders, C., Jones-Bock, S., Probst, K., & Kroesch, A. Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students with Disabilities. E-Book on Deaf Education (2017): 1-20.
Journal Article
Peterson, J., Borders, C., & Ely, M. (2023). Prevalence of educationally significant disabilities in deaf and hard of hearing students. American Annals of the Deaf, 167(5), 583-596.
Presentations
Implications of over-simplification of speech acoustics when training teachers of the Deaf. Association of College Educators of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference. Association of College Educators of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. (2017)
Rethinking the speech banana.. The 53rd Annual Conference of the Illinois Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ITDHH).. Illinois Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ITDHH). (2017)
Speech to hearing: Visual links.. 2nd National Deaf Education Conference. (2017)
Teacher perspectives on hearing loss: Examining the impact of words. Association of College Educators of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Conference. Association of College Educators of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. (2017)