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Dr. Dixie Mercer

Abbreviated Vitae

Associate Professor
Department of Human Services
dmercer@sfasu.edu

Ed.D. Texas Tech University, 1986, Special Education -- Visual Impairment
M. A. Texas Tech University, 1978, Political Science
B.A. Texas Tech University, 1974, Political Science

Refereed Publications

Mercer, D. (2004). Project VISION: An Experiment in Effective Pedagogy for Delivering Pre-service Training to Professionals in Visual Impairment Through Distance Education. Teacher Education and Special Education.

Mercer, D and Swift, F. (2002). Internet 2+ Web-Based Instruction = Effective Distance Teaching and Learning. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, 229-233.

Mercer, D. (1996). Practical vision. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 90, 460-461.

Presentations

International Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind
Distance Learning 2002 – 2002

Simon Fraser University; Vancouver, British Columbia – 1997

Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Family Learning Weekend 2003

Montana Teleconference on Inclusion for Students with Visual Impairments – 2003

Presentation to the Rocky Mountain Association for the Education and

Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired – 2002

International Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired – 2002

Los Angeles Unified School District Institute on Visual Impairment -- 2001

New York Bureau of Special Education – 1998

Perkins School for the Blind – 1997 and 1998

New York Bureau of Special Education – 1997

Service Activities

Fall, 2005-- Member of the State Board of Educator Certification and National Evaluation Systems review and test development committee.

Summer, 2004 -- Grant reader for federal grant competition

Spring, 2004-- Member of the Teacher Education Council
-- Member of the Teacher Education Council Policy Committee
-- Member of the New Faculty Orientation Committee
-- Served as Secretary of the Faculty Senate

Fall, 2003-- Member of the Department of Human Services Chair Search
Committee

Spring 2001-- Elected to the Faculty Senate -- Served on the SAKS Review Committee

2000-2001 -- Founding sponsor of the Braille and Cane service organization of university students (both graduate and undergraduate) who are working to become VITs and COMS

Fall 2001-- Began Service on the New Faculty Orientation Committee

Awards

College of Education Teaching Excellence Award Recipient, 2006

The Phil Hatlen Award by the Texas Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

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