Tiffany White (she/her)
Ph.D. in Education
Tiffany White is a Ph.D. Candidate in Education at UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies. A former special education teacher, Tiffany focuses her research on the intersections of dis/ability and language and is passionate about providing quality, equitable educational opportunities for multilingual learners labeled as dis/abled. She uses qualitative methods for her dissertation research to explore how special education teachers interpret, create, and implement multilingual learners’ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Tiffany completed her Literacy Specialist Ed.M. at the University at Buffalo in 2016, as well as her B.A. in History and B.S. in English at SUNY Brockport in 2013. She also earned teaching credentials in Special Education, Elementary Education, Literacy Instruction, and English as a Second or Other Language.
Degree Program
Expected Graduation Year
Interests
- Advanced Qualitative Methods
- Language, Literacy, and Learning
- Neuroscience and Disability Studies
- Teaching, Curriculum, and Pedagogies
Faculty Advisor
Education
- Advanced Graduate Certificate: Teaching and Leading for Diversity, University at Buffalo, 2020
- Literacy Specialist Ed.M., University at Buffalo, 2016
- B.A. in History, SUNY Brockport, 2013
- B.S. in English, SUNY Brockport, 2013
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award, UCLA, 2023.
Select Presentations
- White, T. (2025, April 23). Elementary special education teachers’ roles in supporting diverse students with disabilities. [Paper Presentation] 2025 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, 2025.