Garrett James Roberts

Associate Professor

Faculty
Morgridge College of Education

Katherine A. Ruffatto Hall, 1999 East Evans Avenue Denver, CO 80208-1700

Professional Biography

Dr. Roberts received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst at the Doctoral Level (BCBA-D). Previously, he served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Mozambique, a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar in Ethiopia, and a special education teacher in Hawaii and Oregon. He also held the title of a project director for a multi-site NICHD funded Learning Disability Resource Center (LDRC) that developed and implemented a multi-component reading with self-regulation intervention for students with reading comprehension deficits in grades 3-5. He is currently the primary investigator on two internal grants investigating topics related to students with reading and behavioral difficulties.

Degree(s)

Ph.D., Special Education, University of Texas at Austin, 2016

Licensure / Accreditations

Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Doctoral Level
Oregon Special Education Teaching License

Featured Publications

Roberts, G. J., Capin, P., Roberts, G., Miciak, J., Quinn, J. M., & Vaughn , S. (2018). Examining the effects of after-school reading interventions for upper elementary struggling readers. Remedial and Special Education, 39(3), 131-143. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932517750818

Roberts, G., Scammacca, N., & Roberts, G. J. (2018). Causal mediation in educational intervention studies. Behavioral Disorders, 43(4), 457-465. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1177/0198742917749560

Scammacca, N. K., Roberts, G. J., Cho, E., Williams, K. J., Roberts, G., Vaughn, S. R., & Carroll, M. (2016). A century of progress: Reading interventions for students in grades 4-12, 1914-2014. Review of Educational Research, 86(3), 756-800. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654316652942

Presentations

Roberts, G. J., Vaughn, S., & Roberts, G. (2018). Problem behaviors as a predictor of reading outcomes for elementary students with reading deficits. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.

Roberts, G. J., & Chance, B. (2017). Self-Regulation Reading Intervention for Students with Reading and Behavioral Difficulty. Affective Needs Conference. Denver, CO: Colorado Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders.

Goble, G., Roberts, T., & Roberts, G. J. (2018). Reading interventions for students with problem behaviors or attention deficit/ hyperactivity: . Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.