COE Faculty Profile

Karen Keller
Specialist
Division of Teaching & Learning

Email: kk@umsl.edu
Office: 201 Education Admin. Bldg.
Phone: 314-516-5831

Dr. Karen Keller completed her doctoral work at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1992. Her dissertation topic, Reflection-Impulsivity as a Function of Language Level in Deaf Children, reflects her interest in the education of children with hearing-impairments. Her undergraduate work at Allegheny College, and graduate degree from Northwestern University, are in English; she taught in the English departments of Dakota Wesleyan University (SD) and Miami University (Ohio) before beginning a new career in Special Education.

Dr. Keller teaches courses in Special Education for the Division of Teaching and Learning; her areas of special interest are Behavior/Emotional Disorders and Classroom Management. She presents lectures and workshops on positive behavior modification and the benefits of Applied Behavior Analysis for children with autism.

She works with Dr. Stephen Viola in the Transition to Teaching Special Education Programs, offering a variety of alternative teacher certification plans. She teaches a variety of courses for these programs.

Dr. Keller has worked on grant-funded projects assessing the effectiveness of private educational programs for children with autism, rewriting the curriculum for children with developmental disabilities, and addressing the educational concerns of dissimilar learners.

Honors/Awards
Teacher of the Year Award, UM-St. Louis Evening College Council, 2002
Meritorious Service Award from the Students with Disabilities Association,
UM-St. Louis, 2000