Nicole McKeown
Assistant Professor & Chair of Traditional Undergraduate Education; Director of Special Education
Dr. McKeown is Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Eastern University, teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. McKeown earned a Ph.D. in Special Education from Temple University in 2022 and a Post-Graduate Certification Teaching in Higher Education from Temple University in 2018. Dr. McKeown currently serves as the Chair of Traditional Undergraduate Education and Director of Special Education. Dr. McKeown was formerly an Affiliate Professor and an Adjunct Professor at Eastern University working part-time for almost ten years before becoming full time in 2016.
Education
- Ph.D. in Special Education, Temple University
- Post-Graduate Certification Teaching in Higher Education, Temple University
- M.S. in Reading Specialist, Saint Joseph’s University
- B.S. in Elementary Education and Special Education, Saint Joseph’s University
Classes Taught
- EDUC 420 Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC 501 FLEX Introduction to Special Education
- EDUC 202 Assessment and Evaluation
- EDUC 201 Introduction to Special Education
- EDUC 282 Methods of Classroom Management
- EDUC 403 Reading Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas
- EDUC 401 Literacy Foundations for Intermediate Grades
- EDUC 400 Early Literacy Foundations
- EDUC 380 Communicating Arts for Children
Research Interests
- Special Education
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Second Step
- Bullying
Professional Associations and Services
- Occupational Advisory Committee for Delaware County Technical Schools
Licenses and Certifications
- Pennsylvania Instructional II
- Reading Specialist K – 12
- Special Education K – 12
- Elementary Education K – 6
Presentations
- McKeown, N., Lee, M., Eckart, S. & Rappuhn, E. (2025, February). Developing Future Special Educators Grant. Poster presented at the annual PaTTAN Conference, Hershey, PA.
- McKeown, N., Lee, M., Eckart, S. & Rappuhn, E. (2024, March). Developing Future Special Educators Grant. Poster presented at the annual PaTTAN Conference, Hershey, PA.
- McKeown, N., Lee, M., Eckart, S. & Rappuhn, E. (2023, March). Developing Future Special Educators Grant. Poster presented at the annual PaTTAN Conference, Hershey, PA.
- McKeown, N. & Edgar-Smith, S. (2018, June). Project Max. PowerPoint presented at the annual PaTTAN Conference, Harrisburg, PA.