Asha Jitendra, professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s special education program, was recently honored with the 2016 University of Oregon College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award.

Dr. Jitendra was selected for her significant contributions to the field of special education, especially her work with schema-based instruction. In a letter to Dr. Jitendra, Randy W. Kamphaus, dean of the University of Oregon’s College of Education, praised Dr. Jitendra’s “direct impact on the lives of children with, or at risk of, disability” and called her work a “blending of high quality scholarship with direct connection to practice… one of the hallmarks of our work at the College of Education.”

The University of Oregon’s Distinguished Alumni Award is given in recognition of alumni who have achieved significant professional, community service or personal accomplishments more than ten years from their graduation date.