Kimber L. Wilkerson

Kimber L. Wilkerson, PhD, is Professor of Special Education and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before earning her doctorate, Dr. Wilkerson was a special educator in a day treatment program for students with emotional and behavioral disorders and cotaught in an inclusive elementary school program. She has published and presented on topics such as providing instruction to students in alternative settings and combining academic with social skills instruction—particularly in the area of reading. She also has experience providing both inservice and preservice instruction to increase the capacity of teachers to meet the academic and social skills needs of students with learning and behavioral disorders.