Michelle Simmons

Dr. Michelle Simmons serves as the Bill Piehl Professor of Education and Social Sciences at West Texas A&M University's Terry B. Rogers College of Education and Social Sciences. She joined the faculty in 2017 after completing her Ed.D. in Special Education at Texas Tech University.

• B.A. in Family Studies (Lubbock Christian University, 2006)
• M.A. in Special Education (Lubbock Christian University, 2009)
• Ed.D. in Special Education (Texas Tech University, 2017)

Her research focuses on three key areas: educational assessment methodologies for students with special needs, university-based special educator training programs, and state-level dyslexia policy analysis. These interests intersect in addressing systemic challenges in special education diagnostics and teacher preparation.

Recent publications demonstrate trends in:

• Advancing bilingual diagnostic tools
• Quantifying legislative impacts on learning disability identification
• Improving single-case research analysis through statistical modeling

Dr. Simmons maintains active service through memberships in:

• Texas Educational Diagnosticians Association
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Learning Disabilities Association
• Council for Learning Disabilities