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Sarah DeAngelo

They/He/She
College of EducationCounseling and Special EducationTerm FacultyFacultyFull Time
DegreesPh.D.
Contact
sdeange4@depaul.edu(773) 325-4287
Office
2247 N Halsted St. Office 326 Chicago, IL 60614

BIO

Sarah DeAngelo is a clinical faculty member in Special Education who completed their PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Sarah began their career as a special educator supporting students with significant and multiple disabilities in early childhood and secondary settings.

As a teacher educator and disabled self-advocate, Sarah’s work is centered on the central refrain of the disability rights movement – “Nothing about us without us!” Sarah’s teaching, service, and scholarship is informed and guided by critical disability studies, DisCrit (Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory), and the neurodiversity paradigm. This lens fuels their commitment to preparing future special educators to effectively support students with disabilities in complex and ableist educational systems, while simultaneously critiquing the systemic inequities, advocating for practices that center the rights and dignity of students with disabilities.

Education

  • Ph.D. Special Education – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • M.A.T. Special Education – Morningside University
  • B.S. Early Childhood Education – Iowa State University

Courses Taught

  • SER 346: Mainstreaming Strategies (Strategies for Inclusive Education)
  • SER 403: Classroom and Behavior Management in Special Education
  • SER 409: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities
  • SER 471: Student Teaching in Special Ed Seminar

Select Publications

  • DeAngelo, S., Cushing, L.S., (under review) Stakeholder input in friendship-related social skills interventions: A systematic review of single case studies.
  • DeAngelo, S., Gregori, E. (2025) Enhancing conversational skills in autistic adolescents: The impact of telehealth-delivered video modeling and topic choice. Clinical Case Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501251320055
  • Reilly, A.M., Crowell, G.E., Thoele, J.M., DeAngelo, S. (2025) School-Based Transdisciplinary Teaming to Maximize Behavioral Supports. Behavior Analysis in Practice 18, 1224–1236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-025-01054-z
  • Thoele, J.M., & DeAngelo, S. (2023) An examination of social validity for students with emotional behavioral disorders: Has progress been made? Education and Treatment of Children. 46 (4), 279-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43494-023-00109-6