Dr. Penrod's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• EdD 2000 Educational Leadership, University of Louisville
• MEd 1984 Special Education, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
• MEd 1979 Occupational and Career Education, University of Louisville
• BS 1971 Speech, Physical Education, Murray State University

Teaching Areas

• Visual Impairment
• Orientation and Mobility

Research Interests

• Orientation and mobility
• Visual impairment
• Electronic Travel Aids and Wayfinding Devices for persons who are blind
• Spatial organizational skills for persons who are blind

Honors & Awards

• Nominee, University of Louisville Delphi Center "Faculty Favorite" award (2007, 2005).
• The University of Louisville Disability Resource Center "Carl Cox Lifetime Achievement Award" (2005).
• University of Louisville Disability Awareness Awards "Certificate of Recognition" (2002).
• The Kentucky Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired “Touching Lives” award (2001).

Professional Memberships

• National Education Association
• Kentucky Education Association
• Jefferson County Teachers Association
• Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Kentucky Association for the Education and rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Visual Impairment

Selected Publications

• Ender, K, Simmons, T.J., Bauder D.K., & Penrod, W. (2007). E-content and means for facilitating Universal Design for Learning. Journal of Research on Technology.
• Penrod, W., Bauder, D.K., Simmons, T., Belcher, L., & Corley, J.W. (2006). Efficacy of the UltraCane™: A product evaluation and pilot study to determine the efficacy of the UltraCane™ in outdoor environments. Closing the Gap, 25 (5), 1-6.
• Penrod, W., Corbett, M.. & Blasch, B.B. (2005). A master trainer class for professionals in teaching the UltraCane™ electronic travel device. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. 99 (11), 711-715.
• Penrod, W., Hanley, C., & Matheson, L. (2005). A model for improving science teaching for students with visual impairments. RE:view, 37 (2), 53-60.
• Penrod, W., & Petrosko, J. (2003). Spatial organization skills of the blind in large outdoor places. RE:view, 34 (4), 155-163.