Dr. Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino

Chair, Special Education Department

Special Education

Office

DEG Degarmo Hall 533d

Office Phone

(309) 438-8981office
phone

ycuenca@ilstu.eduemail

About
Research

Biography

Dr. Cuenca-Carlino serves as the Department of Special Education Chairperson at Illinois State University (ISU). She has taught courses on assessment, literacy, and evidence-based practices in special education to undergraduate and graduate students. Her research focuses on enhancing the literacy skills (i.e., writing, reading, and math) of students with high-incidence disabilities, special education teacher preparation programs, and culturally responsive practices for special educators, including practices for English Learners with disabilities. She has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations related to her scholarship at national and international venues. Before becoming Chair, she served for over three years as the Assistant Vice President for Faculty Development, Diversity, and Learning in the Office of the Provost at ISU. In this role, she led, expanded, and enhanced on-campus professional development programming for faculty and staff within Academic Affairs, bringing an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens.

Conference Proceeding

Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Jones Bock, S., & Kaczorowski, T. Supporting Faculty at all Levels through the GROWTH Mentoring Program (2019)

Journal Article

Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Friberg, J. C., Giovagnoli, D. J., Meyers, D. J. H., Catanzaro, S. J., & Karraker, D. (2022). Creating the framework for inclusive teaching excellence. International Journal for Academic Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2022.2158834

Kroesch, A. M., Peeples, K., Pleasant, C., & Cuenca-Carlino, Y. (2021). Let’s Argue: Developing Argumentative Writing Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities. Reading and Writing Quarterly. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2021.1970659

JOZWIK, S., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., & Gardiner-Walsh, S. Special Education Teachers' Preparedness for Teaching Emergent Bilingual Students with Disabilities. Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners 20.2 (2020)

Kroesch, A. M., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Hartle, L., Porter, S., Randles, L., Whitley, S.,…A., Lewis-Pratl, K. (2019). Perspectives of non-tenured track faculty members and doctoral students included in mentorship and professional development. Gauisus: Selected Scholarship on Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.

Presentations

Giovagnoli, D., Friberg, J., Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Meyers, D., & Karraker, D. (2022, November 14-18). Creating a data-informed signature pedagogy for educational development. [Paper presentation]. Professional and Organizational Development Network Annual Conference (online).

Pleasant, C., Kroesch, A. M., & Cuenca-Carlino, Y. (2020, February). Let’s Argue: Developing Argumentative Writing Skills for Students with Learning Disabilities. Presentation with questions and answers at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2020 Annual Convention & Expo., Portland, OR.

Cuenca-Carlino, Y., Jones-Bock, S., Kaczorowski, T., Gardiner-Walsh, S., Kroesch, A. M.; Lewis-Pratl, K., Norton, A., & Hartle, L. (2019, June). GROWTH: Initiating a Formalized Faculty Mentoring Program. Presentation at the Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Modeling reflective and critical thinking skills: the journey begins with us.. Annual University Teaching Symposium. Illinois State University. (2018)