Sharon Vaughn, PhD
H.E. Hartfelder/Southland Corp. Regents Chair in Human Development and Director, The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, The University of Texas at Austin
Sharon Vaughn, Ph.D. serves as H. E. Hartfelder/Southland Corp. Regents Chair in Human Development, and is the Executive Director of The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk an organized research unit at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the recipient of the CEC Special Education research award, AERA SIG distinguished researcher award, The University of Texas Distinguished faculty award, and the Jeannette E. Fleischner Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of LD from CEC. She is the author of more than 15 books and 250 research articles. She is currently Investigator on several Institute of Education Sciences, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and U.S. Department of Education research grants.