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Ai Kamei serves as Associate Professor and Interim Department Chair in the Department of Special Education at Monmouth University, teaching core courses including Classroom Management in Inclusive Settings (EDS 534) and Foundations of Special Education (EDS 330) through Spring 2025. Her academic role encompasses departmental leadership and regular instruction across undergraduate and graduate special education curricula.
Dr. Kamei's research program centers on special education adaptation during crises, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on service delivery for students with disabilities. Her scholarship examines inclusive teaching methodologies, social-emotional learning in virtual environments, and psychological factors affecting educators including perfectionism and activist pedagogy. Additional investigations span elementary mathematics education and cross-cultural family coping mechanisms for childhood disability.
Analysis of her 14 publications (2014-2025) reveals dominant pandemic-era themes: state policy implementation for special education (IDEA Part B), remote instructional resource development, and educator support systems during emergency remote teaching. Concurrent streams explore embedded instruction efficacy, pre-service teacher attitudes toward inclusion, and religious influences on family adaptation to disability.
While no scientific awards are documented, Dr. Kamei holds ACUE Effective Teaching Practice Framework Certification. The available records indicate no graduate student advising details, research grants, laboratory facilities, or collaborative research teams.
