M. Christina Rivera, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies and the director for the Special Education-Deaf/Hard of Hearing teacher preparation program and Accelerated Master’s Program. She has over 30 years of experience in the field of deaf education as a researcher, PK-12 teacher and supervisor, parent advisor, and sign language instructor to families of deaf children. She is the Principle Investigator and Project Director for Project OIC: Enhancing Professional Preparation through Online Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Representation and Diversity in Early Childhood Deaf Education, OSEP funded personnel preparation grants. She was the research coordinator for the Center on Literacy and Deafness at the University of Arizona. She has authored/co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and presentations. Her research interests include teacher quality, the itinerant model of service delivery, and the needs of DHH students who are culturally and linguistically diverse.
