Stephen Kwiatek

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling

Assistant Professor


Stephen Kwiatek

Contact Information

Office Location: EDUC 324
Phone: 435-797-3251
Email: stephen.kwiatek@usu.edu

Educational Background

Other, Quantitative Analyses, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2021
PhD, Special Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2021
MS, Special Education, Illinois State University, 2017
Other, Behavior Intervention, Illinois State University, 2017
Other, Curriculum Adaptation, Illinois State University, 2017
Other, Transition Specialist, Illinois State University, 2017
BS, Special Education, Illinois State University, 2012

Research Interests

Stephen's primary research goal is to prepare students with disabilities for more equitable postschool lives. To address this aim, Stephen's research encompasses three inter-related, albeit distinct, strands: (a) general education involvement in college and career readiness efforts, (b) identification and implementation of evidence-based practices and predictors of postschool success, and (c) interagency collaboration.

Awards

Faculty Mentor of the Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Undergraduate Teaching Fellow of the Year, 2023

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Undergrdauate Faculty Research Mentor of the Year, 2023

Patricia L. Sitlington Emerging Research Award Recipient (One of Three), 2022

Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Career Development and Transition


Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Kwiatek, S.M, Mazzotti, V.L, Wood, C.L, Vicchio, J.N, A promising asynchronous online intervention to support general educators’ knowledge of predictors of postschool success. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals
  • Kwiatek, S.M, Mazzotti, V.L, Wood, C.L, Pivotal legislation supporting college and career readiness for students with disabilities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies
  • Raley, S., Shogren, K., Mazzotti, V.L, Fredrick, D., Kwiatek, S., Chapman, R., (2023). Examining student responses in technology-delivered self-determination. Journal of Special Education
  • Morningstar, M.E, Lombardi, A., Mazzotti, V.L, Buddeke, K., Langdon, S., Rifenbark, G., Kwiatek, S., (2023). Perspectives of college and career readiness among educational stakeholders: Supporting the development of a new measure. Journal of Disability Policy Studies
  • Shogren, K.A, Mazzotti, V.L, Hicks, T.A, Raley, S.K, Gerasimova, D., Pace, J.R, Kwiatek, S.M, Fredrick, D., Stewart-Ginsburg, J.H, Chapman, R., Wysenski, D., The Goal Setting Challenge App: Impact on transition goal attainment outcomes of students with disabilities.
  • Bross, L.A, Fredrick, D., Kwiatek, S.M, Transportation barriers faced by youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their local communities.
  • Mazzotti, V.L, Morningstar, M.E, Lombardi, A.L, Kwiatek, S.M, Taconet, A., Buddeke, K., Monahan, J., Harris, R., (2022). Policy and practice considerations to support college and career readiness for youth with disabilities: A systematic mixed studies review. Journal of Disability Policy Studies
  • Chang, W., Mazzotti, V.L, Lo, Y., Kwiatek, S.M, Test, D.W, The effects of asynchronous online parent training on secondary transition knowledge. Career Development and Transition for Exceptional individuals
  • Mazzotti, V.L, Shogren, K.A, Stewart-Ginsburg, J.H, Wysenski, D., Hagiawara, M., Kwiatek, S.M, Chapman, R.A, The Goal Setting Challenge App: Promoting self-determination through technology. Remedial and Special Education

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

EDUC 2120: Navigating Adulthood, Spring 2024
SPED 5070 - Policies, Procedures, and Collaboration in Special Education, Spring 2024
SPED 5320 - Teaching Content Areas and Transition to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Spring 2024
SPED 5017 - Transition Planning and Collaboration for Exceptional Learners, Spring 2024
REH, SPED 1010 - Disability and Society (BSS), Fall 2023
SPED 5070 - Policies, Procedures, and Collaboration in Special Education, Fall 2023
SPED 5520 - Curriculum for Secondary-Level Students with Severe Disabilities, Spring 2023
SPED 5320 - Teaching Content Areas and Transition to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Spring 2023
SPED 5017 - Transition Planning and Collaboration for Exceptional Learners, Spring 2023
REH, SPED 1010 - Disability and Society (BSS), Fall 2022

Graduate Students Mentored

Eden Withers, Special Education & Rehab, August 2022
Annette Black, Special Education & Rehab, August 2023 - May 2025