Kaitlyn Millen

Faculty

Assistant Professor

Email kaitlyn.millen@unco.edu
A portrait of Kaitlyn Millen

Education

  • Ph.D. Special Education, University of Northern Colorado
  • M.Ed. Deaf or Hard of Hearing Education, Smith College in Northampton, MA
  • B.A. Deaf Studies, Outdoor Education, and Environmental Science, Hampshire College, Amherst MA

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • 2022-present: IEP Consultant, Kaitlyn Millen Consulting, Self-Employed
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Millen, K., (Garberoglio) Bloom, C. L., Shogren, K. A. (2022). Decide, Act, Believe: Teaching Self-Determination Skills. Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education. https://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/national-resources/documents/clerc/odyssey/odyssey-2021-2022/ODYSSEY-2021-2022-pg-52-55-Millen-feature.pdf
  • 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 & 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 the International Symposium on Physical Activity and Individuals with Visual Impairments or Deafblindness in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • 2019: Hutchinson-Lahman Research Award, University of Northern Colorado, awarded 3rd place 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.