CASE Conf 2025

Lisa Goran
Chair, Department of Special Education
University of Missouri


Lisa Goran, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an associate teaching professor serving as Chair in the Department of Special Education at the University of Missouri. Dr. Goran is a Speech-Language Pathologist who has worked in school, clinical, and private practice settings. She also is a Special Educator who taught students with disabilities in self-contained, resource, and co-taught general education classrooms, and served as a building-level Department Chair for Special Education in a public school setting. Dr. Goran earned a Ph.D. in special education from the University of Missouri. She is the President of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD), and a Co-Chair of the Policy Steering Committee for CEC. She is active in national- and state-level professional organizations related to special education (CEC: CASE, DLD, TED; MO-CASE), speech-language pathology (ASHA; MSHA), and teacher education (AACTE; MACTE). She recently co-authored The Definitive Guide to Specially Designed Instruction (SDI). She also has co-authored chapters in the following books: Advances in Special Education: Advancing Values; Legally Compliant IEPs, Developing Educationally Meaningful and Legally Sound IEPs; and Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities. Dr. Goran hosts a podcast, Think Aloud with Dr. G, which is available where you get podcasts.

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