Unruh, Deanne K

Unruh, Deanne K.

CURRICULUM VITA
Deanne K. Unruh, Ph.D.
Address:
204 Clinical Services Building
5260 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-5260
Phone: (541) 346-1424
Electronic mail:
Fax: (541)346-1411 / Current Position:
Senior Research Associate/Assistant Professor
Special Education & Clinical Services Department,
College of Education,
University of Oregon
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Institution and Location / Degree / Year / Field of Study
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon / Ph.D. / 2001 / Educational Policy & Management
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas / M.S. / 1991 / Curriculum & Instruction
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas / B.S. / 1985 / Secondary/Middle Social Studies Education
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
2008-present / Senior Research Associate, Secondary Special Education & Transition Research Unit, College of Education, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. Currently:
Director (2008): OSEP funded National Post-School Outcomes Center to support State Dept.’s of Education to develop data collection and use procedures for post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities (2004-2009).
Principal Investigator: Research on Employability of ADjudicated Youth with Disability (READY): Institute of Educational Sciences funded to refine an employability skill curriculum with cognitive behavioral therapy. (2008-2011).
Principal Investigator: Strategies Teaching Adolescent Young Offenders to Use Transition Skills (STAY OUT): Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded to develop a localized funding model for Project SUPPORT (2008-2012).
Principal Investigator: Working At Gaining Employment Skills (WAGES): Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded grant to revise a employment based social skill scale and test the effectiveness of an employability social skills curriculum in juvenile correctional facilities (2007-2009).
Principal Investigator: Project PREDICT: Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs funded field initiated research project to validate a risk assessment for the Oregon Youth Authority using Item Response Theory strategies and other validation tests (2005-2007)
Internal Evaluator: Project FEAT: Family, Early Advocacy, & Treatment. Health & Human Services funded systems change grant to create standardized services for substance exposed infants and their families.
2002-present / Adjunct Assistant Professor. Special Education, College of Education. University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. Currently:
Instructor: Program Evaluation I & II: COE doctoral research methods sequence.
2001 – 2008 / Research Associate, Secondary Special Education & Transition Research Unit, College of Education, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon.
1998-2001 / Research Assistant, Secondary Special Education & Transition Research Unit, College of Education, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
1994-1998 / Director of Academic Programs, Oregon Outreach, Inc., Portland, Oregon. Developed and administered education and support services to high-risk youth in community-based alternative education setting. Supervised 35 staff and managed multiple district contracts equaling $750,000.
1992-1994 / DeLaSalle Model/National Diffusion Network Assistant. Kansas City, Missouri. Provided training and technical assistance to develop education programs for at-risk youth to districts in the United States and U.S. Territories.
1992-1994 / Curriculum Coordinator. DeLaSalle Education Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Curriculum, instruction, and assessment development for at-risk school program implementing an outcome based education model.
1991-1992 / On-Site Administrator: Project CHOICE Saturday School, Kansas City, Missouri. Funded through Ewing Kaufman Foundation, I Have a Dream Project.
1987-1992 / Social Studies instructor. DeLaSalle Education Center, Kansas City, Missouri. Implemented individualized instructional model for at-risk youth attending community-based alternative education high school.
1988-1992 / Social Studies instructor. Summer Youth Employment & Training Project, Kansas City, Missouri. Funded through Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).

AREAS OF INTEREST

Transition and Community-Based Supports

Post-School Outcomes for youth with disabilities

High Risk Adolescents

Research Methods (Quantitative Design, Measurement, & Program Evaluation)

Juvenile Justice

EXTERNAL FUNDING

I have directed or co-directed research, model demonstration, personnel preparation, and technical assistance & dissemination grants and state contracts equaling $10,100,000.

Funded Grants & State Contracts

2010-2014 / Unruh, D., Falls, J., & Alverson, C. National Center on Post-School Outcomes Center. Technical Assistance & Dissemination Center funded through U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs ($4,000,000).
Role: PI, Co-Director
2008 – 2012 / Unruh, D., Murray, C., & Doren, B. Project PAIR: Policy, Advocacy, Instruction, & Research. Doctoral Leadership training grant in Secondary Special Education & Transition funded through the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Special Education Programs ($800,000).
Role: Co-Director
2008-2011 / Unruh, D., Meisel, S., & Brooks, C. Project READY: Research on Employability Skills for Adjudicated Youth with Disabilities. Institute of Educational Science. ($1,500,000). Collaborative effort with 3 state juvenile justice agencies: Michigan, Maryland, and Oregon.
Role: Principal Investigator
2008-2012 / Unruh, D., & Waintrup, M. Project STAY OUT: Strategies Teaching Young Offenders to Use Transition Skills. Dept. of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs ($1,000,000).
Role: Principal Investigator
2007-2009 / Unruh, D. & Waintrup, M. Project WAGES: Working at Gaining Employment Skills. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. ($400,000).
Role: Principal Investigator
2005-2008 / Unruh, D. & Bullis, M. Project PREDICT: Predicting the recidivism and post-incarceration transition of formerly incarcerated youth with disabilities. ($540,000). Office of Special Education Programs, Research & Innovation Grant.
Role: Principal Investigator
2004-2009 / Bullis, M., Falls, J., Unruh, D., Doren, B., Barkin, P. National center on secondary, transition and post-secondary school outcomes for students with disabilities. ($3,500,000). Office of Special Education Programs. National Outcome Centers.
Role: Internal Evaluator & Knowledge Development Strands
2002-2006 / Unruh, D. & Bullis, M. Project SUPPORT: Service utilization to promote positive outcomes in the community-based rehabilitation and transition of youth with disabilities on parole ($800,000). Office of Special Education Programs, Model Demonstration Projects to Support Quality Educational and Transition Programs in the Justice System for Youth with Disabilities.
Role: Principal Investigator (2004-2006) and Co-Principal Investigator (2002-2004)
2001-2004 / Bullis, M., & Unruh, D. Evaluation of facility-to-community transition programs for incarcerated youth on parole ($87,000/year). Oregon Department of Education.
Role: Evaluator (2001-2003); Co-Principal Investigator (2004)
2001-2004 / Bullis, M., Unruh, D., Pendergrass, J., & Booth, C. Project SUPPORT: Service utilization to promote positive outcomes in rehabilitation and transition for adjudicated youth on probation ($800,000). Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Competition, Oregon State Police. Oregon Department of Education was the recipient. ODE then contracted with the University of Oregon for the evaluation component.
Role: Evaluator and Co-Principal Investigator
2000 / Student Research Grant. A comparison of female drop-outs with educational persisters enrolled in alternative education programs ($2,000). Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. (Awarded but did not accept).
1998-2000 / Unruh, D. Project SAFE: Students Achieving Family Empowerment-- A parenting program for at-risk teen parents ($20,000). Oregon Children’s Trust Fund. Salem, Oregon
Role: Writer (was to administrate, but took another position)
1996-1997 / Unruh, D. & McNulty, C. State of Oregon charter school planning grant. ($5,000). Oregon Outreach, Inc. and Portland Public Schools. Oregon Department of Education. Salem, Oregon.
Role: Writer and Administrator

SCHOLARSHIP

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Griller-Clark, H., & Unruh, D., (in process) Transition Practices for Adjudicated Youth with EBD and Related Disabilities. Behavioral Disorders.

Unruh, D., Povenmire-Kirk, T. & Yamamoto, S. (in press). Perceived barriers and protective factors of juvenile offenders on their developmental pathway to adulthood. Journal of Correctional Education.

Unruh, D., Gau, J., Waintrup, M. (2008). An Exploration of Factors Reducing Recidivism Rates of Formerly Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities Participating in a Re-Entry Intervention. Journal of Child & Family Studies.

Waintrup, M. & Unruh, D. (June, 2008). Career Development Programming Strategies for Transitioning Incarcerated Adolescents to the World of Work. Journal of Correctional Education,59, 127-144.

Unruh, D. & Bullis, M. (2005). Community and self-report of the facility-to-community transition needs for adjudicated youth with disabilities. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 28, 67-79.

Unruh, D. (2005). Using primary and secondary stakeholders to define facility-to-community transition needs for adjudicated youth with disabilities. Program Planning and Evaluation, 28, 413-422.

Unruh, D., & Bullis, M. (2005). Female and male juvenile offenders with disabilities: Differences in the barriers to their transition to the community, Behavioral Disorders, 30, 105-118.

Unruh, D. K., Bullis, M., & Yovanoff, P. (2004). Adolescent fathers who are incarcerated juvenile offenders: Explanatory factors for the co-occurrence of two problem behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13(4), 405-419.

Benz, M. R., Lindstrom, L., Unruh, D., Waintrup, M., (2004). Sustaining secondary and transition programs in local schools. Remedial and Special Education, 25, 39-50.

Unruh, D. K., Bullis, M., & Yovanoff, P. (2003). Community reintegration outcomes of formerly incarcerated adolescent fathers. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 11, 144-156.

Books:

Clark, H. B. & Unruh, D. (Eds.) (2009). Transition to adulthood for young people with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties: An evidence-informed handbook. NJ: Brookes Publishing.

Invited Chapters:

Carter, E., & Unruh, D. (in process). Transition for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. In M.L. Wehmeyer & K. W. Webb Handbook of Transition for Youth with Disabilities. UK: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Unruh, D., Waintrup, M., & Canter, T. & Smith, S., (2009). Special service systems for serving youth in the juvenile justice system. In H.B. Clark & D. Unruh Transition to adulthood for young people with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties: An evidenced-based handbook. Brookes Publishing.

Unruh, D., & Clark, H.B. (2009). Futures Focus: Practice, Program System, Policy & Research. In H.B. Clark & D. Unruh Transition to adulthood for young people with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties: An evidenced-based handbook. Brookes Publishing.

Dresser, K., Zucker, P., Orlando, R., Krynski, A., White, G., Karpur, A., & Unruh, D. (2009). Quality improvement: Process, progress, and outcome tools and strategies. In H.B. Clark & D. Unruh Transition to adulthood for young people with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties: An evidenced-based handbook. Brookes Publishing.

Sieler, D., Green, M., & Unruh, D. (2009). Partnerships in youth transition or a community transition initiative. In H.B. Clark & D. Unruh Transition to adulthood for young people with emotional and/or behavioral difficulties: An evidenced-based handbook. Brookes Publishing.

Unruh, D., Bullis, M., Booth, C., & Pendergrass, J., (2005). Project SUPPORT: A description and evaluation for a transition project of formerly incarcerated adolescents with special education and mental health disorders. In M. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families: Programs and evaluation best practices. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, Inc.

Unruh, D., Bullis, M., Pendergrass, J., Booth, C., Waintrup, M., & Montesano, D. (2004). Project SUPPORT: A transition project of formerly incarcerated adolescents with special education and mental health disorders. In D. Cheney (Ed.), Transition of students with emotional or behavioral disabilities from school to community: Current approaches for positive outcomes. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Career Development and Transition.

Monographs/Briefs

Unruh, D., Bullis, M., Todis, B., Waintrup, M., & Atkins, T. (January, 2007). Programs and practices for special education students in alternative education settings. Research to Practice Brie, (6),1. Minneapolis, MN: Institute on Community Integration (formerly NCSET). http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=3448

Unruh, D., Kortering, L., Braziel, P., Pleet, A., Obiakor, F. E., Mukuria, G., Clark, H. B., & Murry, F. (2005). Providing services to adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. Arlington, VA: Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Mini-Library Series.

Unruh, D. (Spring, 2005). Project SUPPORT: Improving facility-to-community transition outcomes for formerly incarcerated youth with disabilities. Impact, 18, (2). Minneapolis, MN: Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota. 20-21.

Dissertations/Thesis

Unruh, D. (2001). Adolescent fathers and incarcerated juvenile offenders: Explanatory factors and community reintegration outcomes. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Educational Policy & Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Unruh, D. (1991). A civics course to improve citizenship participation of at-risk students [Master's Project]. Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

Training Manuals/Products

Alverson, C., & Unruh, D. (2007). Stage 2: Question bank for collecting post-school outcomes on youth with disabilities. University of Oregon, National Post-School Outcomes Center, Eugene, Oregon.

Alverson, C., Bayliss, C., Naranjo, J., Unruh, D., & Yamomoto, S. [listed alphabetically]. (2006). A literature review of post-school outcome methodologies. University of Oregon, National Post-School Outcomes Center, Eugene, Oregon.

Waintrup, M., & Unruh, D. (2006). Training Guide for Project SUPPORT: A Facility-to-Community Transition Project for Incarcerated Adolescents with Disabilities. University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon.

Bullis, M., Unruh, D., Falls, J., Barkin, P., & Bayliss, C. (2005). Post-School Outcome Data Collection Survey. University of Oregon, National Post-School Outcomes Center. Eugene, Oregon.

Unruh, D. (2002). Information collection and procedures manual for probation Project SUPPORT (treatment & control). University of Oregon, Institute for the Development of Educational Achievement, Eugene, Oregon.

Unruh, D., Waintrup, M., Benz, M. & Lindstrom, L. (2002). Roadmap to Sustainability: Practitioner’s Manual. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press.

Unruh, D. (1999). Information collection and procedures manual for Project SUPPORT. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon.

Unruh, D. & Seybert. L. (1993). DeLaSalle Model’s Academic Program Training Manual [funding through the USDE National Diffusion Network]. Kansas City, MO: DeLaSalle Press.

Unruh, D. & Seybert. L. (1993). DeLaSalle Model’s Academic Program Training Video [funding through the USDE National Diffusion Network]. Kansas City, MO.

Hansen, R., Unruh, D., & Hall, T. (1992). DeLaSalle Model Training Manual [funding through the USDE National Diffusion Network]. Kansas City, MO: DeLaSalle Press.

Reports

Bullis, M., Unruh, D., Todis, B., Waintrup, M., & Atkins, T. (2005). Alternative education in Oregon: Results of three surveys. Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press.

Unruh, D. (2001). Project SUPPORT evaluation report. University of Oregon, Institute for the Development of Educational Achievement, Eugene, Oregon.

Unruh, D., & Lindstrom L. (2001). Tempe Arizona Youth Transition Program: Site report. Secondary Special Education and Transition Program. University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon.