2020-2021:Director of Statewide Education and Family Services, Maine Educational Center for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Falmouth, ME
2020:Postdoctoral Researcher, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2018-2019:Co-Curriculum Developer, Hear’s to You! Camp, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder,
CO
2018:Co-Founder and Co-Director, Camp Connections, Greeley-Evans School District, Greeley,
CO
2014-2018:Expedition Leader, No Barriers USA, Fort Collins, CO
Publications/Creative Works
Wainscott, S. D., Millen, K., and Bharadwaj, S. V. (2024). Educational supports for
students who are deaf or hard of hearing in primary through post-secondary settings.
In L. L. Daniel & S. V. Bharadwaj (Eds.). Video-based aural rehabilitation guide:
Enhancing communication in children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing. Plural
Publishing.
Garberoglio, C.L., Gerasimova, D., Shogren, K., Palmer, J. L., Johnson, P., Ryan,
C., Pace, J. R., Hicks, T., Millen, K., Higgins, J., & Cawthon, S. (2022). The Self-Determination
Inventory: Student Report American Sign Language Translation. The Journal of Deaf
Studies and Deaf Education.https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enac010
Millen, K., & Luckner, J. L. (2022). An Initial Investigation of the American Sign
Language Version of the Self-Determination Inventory. American Annals of the Deaf,
166(5), 681-697. DOI: 10.1353/aad.2022.0004
Millen, K., & Conroy, P. W. (2022). Perceived self-determination growth during an
international expedition for adolescents with and without disabilities. Journal of
International Special Needs Education, 25(1), 14-24.https://doi.org/10.9782/JISNE-D-20-00020
Millen, K., Peterson, L. Y., Robinson, J., & Luff, T. (2020). Experiences of special
education practitioners in creating opportunities for students to practice self-determination.
Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, Fall 2020, 67-85.
Kilpatrick, J. R. & Millen, K. (2020). Haiti Study-Abroad: A Challenging, Rewarding,
and Transformational Experience. In C. Winterbottom, J. Nicholson, & D. Richard (Eds.).
Community-Based Transformational Learning: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Student
Experiences and Challenges. Bloomsbury Academic.
Millen, K., Dorn, B., & Luckner, J. L. (2019). Friendships and self-determination
among students who are deaf or hard of hearing. American Annals of the Deaf, 163(5),
576-595. DOI: 10.1353/aad.2019.0004
Luckner, J. L., Banerjee, R., Movahedazarhouligh, S., & Millen, K. (2019). A systematic
review of replicative self-determination intervention studies. Journal of Special
Education.https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466919850188
Banerjee, R., Movahedazarhouligh, S., Millen, K., & Luckner, J. L. (2018). Building
evidence in early childhood special education: A systematic review of replication
intervention studies. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 37(4), 246-256.https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121417748197
Honors and Awards
2016-2020:National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities (NLCSD) Scholar, Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education. Four years of tuition
and $24,000 annual living stipend to pursue a Ph.D. in special education.
2020:Recipient of the Council for Exceptional Children- Division on Career Development
and Transition (DCDT) 2020 Graduate Research Scholarship for $1,000.
2019:Awarded a scholarship from the Erik Weihenmayer Reach Foundation to cover the cost
of airfare to present at theInternational Symposium onPhysical Activity and Individuals with Visual Impairments orDeafblindnessin Edinburgh, Scotland.
2019:Hutchinson-Lahman Research Award, University of Northern Colorado, awarded 3rdplace and $150 for conference travel
2019:Recipient of the Council for Exceptional Children- Division on Career Development
and Transition (DCDT) 2019 Conference Travel Scholarship for $1,250.
