Stephen Kwiatek
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Assistant Professor
Educational Background
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 Researcher of the Year, 2025
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 2025
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Shogren, K.A, Mazzotti, V.L, Gerasimova, D., Fredrick, D., Kwiatek, S.M, Raley, S., Ferreira, H.R, Beuoy, A.M, Hicks, T.A, Conceptualizing fidelity of implementation of a technology-delivered self-determination intervention. Inclusion
- Bross, L.A, Kwiatek, S.M, Rousey, J.G, Soares, B., Fredrick, D., Embedding travel skills training in the transition planning process for secondary students with disabilities. TEACHING Exceptional Children
- 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
- 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.
- 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.