Profile

Deanne Unruh, Ph.D., Research Professor at the University of Oregon. Dr. Unruh currently is the Co-Director of National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: the Collaborative. Her externally funded research focuses on high risk adolescents (e.g., youth with ED, juvenile justice involvement). Dr. Unruh has received external research funding from multiple entities including Office of Special Education Programs, Institute of Educational Sciences, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs. In her role at the University of Oregon, she directs the Secondary Special Education and Transition (SSET) research unit. Her research expertise focuses on transition and re-entry practices for justice-involved adolescents with disabilities. Prior to coming to UO, Dr. Unruh was a teacher and administrator in alternative schools for marginalized youth in urban and under-resourced settings for more than 12 years.