School of Education

Phone: (626) 815-5168
Fax: (626) 815-5416
Email: ncontrucci@apu.edu

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.

Ph.D. - Studies in Behavioral Disabilities with minors in Child and Family Studies and Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin
M.S. - Special Education with emphasis in Early Childhood Special Education,
Learning Disabilities, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Illinois State University
M.S. - Early Childhood Education, Illinois State University
B. S. - Home Economics Education with a minor in Art Education, Illinois State University

Mission Aviation Fellowship Servanthood Award 1996, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Redlands, California, Career Staff, 1992-present
Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979-1983. Awarded residence at the Knapp Graduate House during doctoral studies