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Education
2020-2024
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies, Boston University
Specialization in Special Education
Supervised by Dr. Nathan Jones
2016-2017
Master of Teaching, University of Virginia
Specialization in Special Education and English Education
Supervised by Drs. Michael Kennedy and Natasha Heny
2013-2016
Bachelor of Arts in English with Distinction, University of Virginia
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2025
Theobald, R., Kaler, L., Bettini, E., & Jones, N. (2025). A descriptive portrait of the paraeducator workforce in Washington state. Exceptional Children.
2025
Morris-Mathews, H., Kaler, L., Ragunathan, M, Bettini, E., & Meyer, K. (2025). “Well, those students have a name”: Special educators’ beliefs about students labeled with emotional/behavioral disorders. Exceptional Children.
2025
Jones, N., Kaler, L., Markham-Anderson, J., Senese, J., & Winters, M. (2025). Service delivery models: Impacts for students with and without disabilities. Educational Researcher.
2025
Stark, K., Camburn, E., & Kaler, L. (2025). Variation in teachers’ daily, situational motivation across professional activities. British Journal of Educational Psychology.
2024
Kaler, L., Markham-Anderson, J., & Jones, N. (2024). Service delivery models and outcomes for students with disabilities. Remedial and Special Education.
2023
Stark, K., Jones, N., Camburn, E., & Kaler, L. (2023). Measuring teachers’ momentary affect: An exploratory experience sampling study. Contemporary Educational Psychology.
2023
Green, J.G., Morabito, M., Savage, J., Goodman, N., Lincoln, E., Lanciani, J., Carroll, M., Kaler, L., Cooper, C., Norton, M., Vasquez, G., & Muller, R. (2023). Reasons police respond in schools: An analysis of narrative data from police incident reports. Child Abuse & Neglect
2022
Bettini, E., Scott, L.A., Brunsting, N.C., Kaler, L., Parker Moore, D., O’Brien, K.M., & Cumming, M.C. (2022). Experiences of working conditions among special education teachers of color serving students with EBD. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
2021
Bettini, E., Morris-Mathews, H., Lillis, J., Meyer, K., Shaheen, T., Kaler, L., & Brunsting, N.C. (2021). Special educators’ roles in inclusive schools. Invited chapter for J. McLeskey, F. Spooner, B. Algozzine, & N.L. Waldron (Eds.), Handbook ofEffective, Inclusive Elementary Schools: Research and Practice.
Working Papers
2025
Kaler, L. & Theobald, R. (2025). Turnover patterns in the paraeducator workforce in Washington. CALDER Working Paper No. 323-0725.
2025
Kaler, L., Theobald, R., Jones, N., & Bettini, E. (2025). Impacts of staff turnover on test scores for students with and without disabilities. CALDER Working Paper No. 319-0525.
2025
Cleveland, C., Kaler, L., & Anderson, J. (2025). Leveraging IEPs to understand special education services at scale. WEPC Working Paper 2025-4.
2024
Jones, N., Kaler, L., Markham-Anderson, J., Senese, J., & Winters, M. (2024). Service delivery models: Impacts for students with and without disabilities. WEPC Working Paper 2025-1.
2023
Theobald, R., Kaler, L., Bettini, E., & Jones, N. (2023). A descriptive portrait of the paraeducator workforce in Washington state. CALDER Working Paper No. 283-0423.
University Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record
Summer 2023
Research as Evidence (RS615)
Boston University, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2023,
Fall 2022
Quantitative Research Methods (RS 653)
Boston University, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Faculty Instructor: Dr. Andrew Bacher-Hicks
Spring 2022
Behavioral and Emotional Problems: Characteristics and Methods (SE 502)
Boston University, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Faculty Instructor: Dr. Dianne Lochhead
Associations and Affiliations
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Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
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Teacher Education Division (TED)​
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Division for Emotional and Behavioral Health (DEBH)
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Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP)
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American Educational Research Association (AERA)
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Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)