School of Education

Nancy Contrucci, Ph.D., has a deep interest in children and adults with learning and behavior differences as evidenced by her study in the past 28 years. During this time she taught at the university level as an assistant professor, in the area of special education teacher training for 10 years. Her husband and she were called to the mission field in 1993 to serve as missionary pilot and teacher of missionary students for seven years. During this time, she developed a new school and conducted classes for students in grades 1-7 in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Contrucci's area of research began in the late 1970s with community integration and the application of the normalization principle. Currently, she is a member of a research group hosting a national conference with the National Office of Disabilities (NOD) in Washington, D.C. Research includes qualitative and quantative studies of community integration and collaboration among community resources, particulary the church as a natural setting for integration.