CARLOS E.

LAVIN

Doctoral Student in Special Education

George Mason University
Email: clavin@gmu.edu
Mobile phone: (919) 259-1820

EDUCATION
Current Doctoral Student George Mason University Special Education
M.A.T 2011 North Carolina Central University, Special Education
B.S. 2006 Loyola University New Orleans, Business Administration

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

2012 Middle School Mathematics, NC

2011 Mild/Moderate Disabilities Special Education K-12, NC
2006 English as a Second Language (ESL)

FELLOWSHIPS
North Carolina Excellence Fellowship, Bridging the Gap Between Research and
Practice Service Grant, Cultural Responsive Teacher Grant

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017-present Graduate Research Assistant, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2017-present Editorial Assistant, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice
2013-2016 Special Education Team Leader, Northside Elementary, Chapel Hill, NC
2015-2016 Blue Ribbon, Student Six, Co-Facilitator, Chapel Hill, NC
2012-2013 Special Education Resource Teacher, Carrboro Elementary, Carrboro NC
2009-2012 Special Education Teacher K-12 Woods Charter School, Chapel Hill, NC
2008-2009 Interpreter/Translator, Orange County Public Schools, Hillsborough, NC
2006-2008 Special Education Teaching Assistant, Estes Hills Elementary, Chapel Hill,
NC

TEACHING

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George Mason University

Fall 2018 EDUC 301Educating Diverse and Exceptional Learners. Role: Instructor
Spring 2018 EDSE 403/503: Language Development and Reading. Role: Instructional
Support

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fall 2017 EDUC 390 Exceptionality across the Life Span. Role: College Teaching
Summer 2017 EDUC 390 Exceptionality across the Life Span. Role: Online Instructional
Support

SCHOLARSHIP

PUBLICATIONS

Manuscripts Submitted for Peer-review or in Progress

Francis, G. L., Gross, J. M. S., Lavin, C., Casarez, L., & Sheets, N. (2017). Help Wanted!
Hispanic mothers’ experiences supporting positive post-school outcomes for
their children with disabilities. Revise and resubmit.

Book Chapters

Garwood, J., Mason, L.H., & Lavin, C. Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbance
to Write: Self-Regulated Strategy Development. Manuscript submitted for
publication.

Brigham, F., McKenna, J., Lavin, C., Brigham, M., & Zurawski, L. Promoting Positive
Freedoms for Secondary Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders:
The Role of Instruction. Manuscript submitted for publication.

REFEREED SCHOLARY PRESENTATIONS

Mason, L.H., Mamlin, M., & Lavin, C. Writing Interventions for Culturally Linguistically
Diverse Students with Learning Disabilities. Council for Learning Disabilities,
Baltimore, 2017.

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 Mason, L.H., DeBettencourt, L., Mamlin, N., Faggella-Luby, M., & Lavin, C. Self-
regulated learning: Instruction for Cuban teachers. Council for Exceptional
Children Annual Convention. Boston, 2017

Lavin, C. & Williams, J. Instructional strategies for teaching reading comprehension

to Underachieving Struggling Readers; ICU. 2011 Annual Convention of the
Council for Exceptional Children. National Harbor, MD April 25-28, 2011

Pikes, T., Lavin, C., Bush, A., & Abdul-Wakil, S., Understanding lessons learned: A must
for preparing century competent responsiveness practitioners for 21st Diverse
Cultural Contexts. Teacher Education Division for Exceptional Children
Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 4-7, 2010

INVITED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS, KEYNOTES, WEBINARS, AND

WORKSHOPS

Lavin, C., Guest Lecturer, Universal Design for Learning; EDUC 390 Exceptionality
Across the Age Span, UNC Chapel Hill, November, 16, 2016

Lavin, C., Guest Speaker, Understanding modern day colonialism; UNC Chapel Hill,
October 12, 2015

Lavin, C, & Gutman, A. Characteristics of Students with Learning Disabilities, North

Carolina Central University, School of Education Speech Department,
October 4, 2010

SERVICE
2014-2016 MTSS Co-Chair, Northside Elementary, Chapel Hill NC
2015-2016 Project Advance Member, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
2014-2015 Superintendent Advisory Committee Member, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools, NC

Editorial Service

Guest Review
2017 Learning Disabilities Research and Practice

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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American Education Research Association (AERA)
Council for Learning Disabilities (DLD)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
Golden Key International Honour Society