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College of Education

Dr. Christy Borders

Professor, D/deaf and Hard of Hearing
Special Education
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 533
Office Hours
Monday - Friday 8:00a-4:30pm by appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-8980office
phone
Email
cmborde@ilstu.eduemail
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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

SED 594.006 Dissertation Proposal Development

SED 330.001 English Sign System

SED 362.002 Systematic Instruction

SED 359.001 Teaching Of Reading & School Subjects-Deaf & Hard Hearing

SED 375.001 Assessment & Planning For Deaf & Hard Of Hearing Students

SED 337.001 Deaf Diverse Learners

SED 206.003 Foundations of Instruction and Assessment in Special Education

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)

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