NANCY IRBY                                                                   Fall 2008

5821 Orchard Hill Court                                                                         Home Tel: (703) 543-4490

Clifton, VA 20124                                                                                        Email: nirby@gmu.edu

                                             EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Education, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University,
          Fairfax, VA. Major Field: Educational Psychology. Secondary field: Research Methodology. 
          Expected graduation: May, 2011.

M. Ed. in Educational Psychology, May, 2007, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Area of
            specialization: Tests, assessment, and evaluation. GPA: 3.97.

B.S. in Psychology, May, 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

                                             PUBLICATIONS

                                     (submitted or in preparation)

Moyer-Packenham, P.S., Kitsantas, A., Bolyard, J., Irby, N., Huie, F., & Oh, H. (2008).
Participation by STEM faculty in mathematics and science partnership activities 
for teachers.  

Mastropieri, M., Scruggs, T., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., Mills, S. & Mason, L. (2008). 
Persuading students with emotional disabilities to write: Findings from a design 
experiment. Manuscript in preparation.

Moyer-Packenham, P.S., Bolyard, J., Oh, H., & Irby, N. (2008). Courses and programs for
 mathematics and science teacher professional development. Manuscript in preparation.

Moyer-Packenham, P.S., Bolyard, J., Oh, H., & Irby, N. (2008).Teacher content knowledge:
 Instruments used and results reported. Manuscript in preparation.

Irby, N., Kitsantas, A., & Winsler, A. (2008). Self-regulation, motivational beliefs, and 
 performance among first year college students: Does help seeking matter? Manuscript in
 preparation.

               PRESENTATIONS, POSTER SESSIONS, AND MODERATORS

Mastropieri, M., Irby, N., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Mills, S., & O’Neill, S. (August, 2008). 
GMU-PSU burke study 2007-2008 observational data. Presentation at meeting with grant
holders and consultants on the Writing instruction for adolescents with behavior 
disorders: Scaffolding procedural learning to extended discourse (SPLED). Penn State 
University: State College, PA.

Mastropieri, M., Cuenca-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., Mills, S., & O’Neill, S. (August, 2008). GMU-PSU 
burke study 2007-2008. Presentation at meeting with grant holders and consultants on the
Writing instruction for adolescents with behavior disorders: Scaffolding procedural 
learning to extended discourse (SPLED). Penn State University: State College, PA.

Scruggs, T., Mastropieri, M., Cuencas-Sanchez, Y., Irby, N., & Mills, S. (2008). Can teachers really 
differentiate instruction? Examples from recent research. Poster session at Council of 
Exceptional Children Convention & Expo in Boston, MA.

 Saddler, B., & Mason, L. (2008). Enhancing the writing skills of students with disabilities. 
Moderator: Irby, N. Council of Exceptional Children Convention & Expo in Boston, MA.

                                       ADDITION RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Fellowship Doctoral Leadership Cohort in Special Education (2008-Present). Special Education, 
College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University. Emphasis on training 
in research, teaching, and service for children with mild disabilities, conducting research, submit 
articles for publication in professional journals, present study findings at conferences, supervise 
students, and teach university courses.

Graduate Research Assistant (2007-2008). Special Education, College of Education and Human 
Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Prepared study materials, collected data, 
taught intervention, evaluated intervention materials, and analyzed data for Writing instruction for 
adolescents with behavior disorders: Scaffolding procedural learning to extended discourse 
(SPLED) funded by IAD, under the direction of Project Investigator, Dr. Margo Mastropieri.

Graduate Research Assistant (2006-2007). Mathematics Education Center, College of Education 
and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Coded and entered 
qualitative and quantitative research data for the Program Evaluation of the Math and Science 
Partnership Program funded by the National Science Foundation, under the direction of Co-
Project Investigator, Dr. Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham.

                                                   HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellowship Award Fall 2008

Fellowship Award Fall 2007

Fellowship Award  Fall 2006

Dean List Spring 2005

                                            PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Services

Dissertation Assistant (Summer, 2008) – pilot participant for Nancy Bazar’s dissertation

Dissertation Assistant (Spring, 2008) – assisted Kathy Mahar’s data collection by listen to 
audiotapes for word verification of participants for inter-rater reliability and fidelity of 
treatment for her Dissertation titled Using pictures to stimulate development through
learning words: The effect of personal photographs and picture communication
symbols on increasing sight word vocabulary for students with severely limited 
reading ability.

Software Program

Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access), SPSS, and Mplus.

Affiliations

Council of Exceptional Children (CEC)