Dr. Mandy Lusk

Full Professor in Special Education

Office: Arts & Sciences
Teacher Education
College of Arts & Sciences
MandyLusk@clayton.edu
Phone: (940) 368-5553

Biography

Mandy E. Lusk, PhD, is a lifelong special education practitioner who serves as an full professor of special education at Clayton State University and has taught students of all ages with emotional and behavioral disorders across the United States.

Teaching interests include:
My teaching goals are to prepare teacher candidates to effectively educate students with exceptionalities

Scholarship interests include:
My research agenda is effectively preparing teacher candidates in educating students with behavior disorders, specifically students from culturally and linguistically diverse learners.

Service interests include:
My service expectations are to effectively connect teacher candidates within their community of working with students with exceptionalities and other diverse areas.

Education

BA, Special Education , Mississippi State University, 2001

MS, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders , Mississippi State University , 2003

Ph D, Behavior Disorders, Special Education, University of North Texas, 2012

Awards and Honors

Gene Hatfield Service of the Year award , , Award, 2025

"Making Things Better" Award, , Award, 2020

Intellectual Contributions

Calli Chiu, Mandy E Lusk, Donna Sayman, BiKeya Kressler, “Does this mean I am racist, distrust or dislike people of color?”: A DisCrit qualitative study of implicit bias among preservice and practicing special educators, Issues in Teacher Education –

Donna Sayman, Calli Chiu-Lewis, Mandy Lusk, “What if, God forbid, he had been able to get his hands on a real weapon?”: Critical incident reviews of alternatively certified special educators. , Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification – Spring 2018

Donna Sayman, Kelly Carrero, Mandy Lusk, A different level of caring: Navigating the intersections of caring between gender and race, The Advocate-Journal of the Kansas Association of the Teacher Education – Fall 2018

Calli Lewis-Chiu, Kelly Carrero, Mandy E Lusk, Culturally responsive writing instruction for secondary students with emotional and behavioral disorders, Beyond Behavior – June 2017

Calli Lewis Chiu, Donna Sayman, Staci Zolkoski, Kelly Carrero , Mandy Lusk , Developing Cultural Competence Among Pre-Service Teachers, Multicultural Perspectives – April 2017

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Mandy E Lusk, Undergraduate Creative and Research Experiences (UCARE), College of Arts and Sciences, Clayton State University, 5000.00, Funded – Fall 2018 to Spring 2019

Presentations

Mandy E Lusk, Cultural Responsive Practices and MTSS, California MTSS Conference June 2022

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

University, Informative Technology Committee, Committee Member – Spring 2015 to Fall 2019

Service to the Profession

Reviewer, Journal Article, Conference and Journal Reviewer, National – January 2014 to Present

Teaching Interest

Preparing teacher candidates to effectively educate students with exceptionalities

Research Interest

My research agenda is effectively preparing teacher candidates in educating students with behavior disorders, specifically students from culturally and linguistically diverse learners.