Kathryn H Kreimeyer, Ph.D.

Biographical Sketch

Kathryn Kreimeyer is an adjunct associate professor at the University of Arizona. She is a long term Wildcat, having completed her bachelors (Psychology), masters and Ph.D. degrees(Developmental Psychology with a minor in Special Education, Deaf and Hard of Hearing) at the University of Arizona!

Upon completion of her Ph. D., Dr. Kreimeyer joined the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Education and began working with Dr. Shirin Antia in the graduate level teacher preparation program in deaf/hard of hearing. After 14 years of coordinating internship experiences, assisting with grant management activities, and conducting research Dr. Kreimeyer left the University to serve as an accountability coordinator and then a professional development specialist at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB). During this time she worked closely with ASDB teachers across the state of Arizona to implement procedures to monitor student performance and to promote high levels of teacher effectiveness. Additionally, she and Dr. Antia worked collaboratively on a federally funded research grant to study the academic and social integration of DHH students in public school programs in Arizona and Colorado. After 9 years at ASDB, Dr. Kreimeyer returned the University of Arizona to again assume responsibilities within the teacher preparation program. Shortly after her return, she and Dr. Antia submitted and received a grant from the Federal Office of Special Education programs to convert the on-campus preparation program to a fully on-line program. Currently she teaches several on-line graduate courses, coordinates internship and practicum experiences, advises program students and assumes a key role in program recruitment. Dr. Kreimeyer continues to serve multiple ASDB teachers as a cognitive educational coach, helping them implement Essential Elements of Instruction with their students.

Dr. Kreimeyer’s research interests are in the areas of peer interaction, social integration and best practices of inclusion for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. She has co-authored multiple research articles and chapters on these topics. With Dr. Antia, she has been the recipient of several federal research grants to develop peer interaction interventions for young DHH children and to examine the social and academic integration of DHH students within public school programs. She serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.