Title/s: Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty Area: Special Education Mathematics Education Teacher Preparation Teacher Leadership
Office #: Lewis Towers 1062, WTC
Phone: 312.915.7061
Email: cbarcus1@luc.edu
Courtney Lynn Barcus is a former instructional coach and special education teacher in both Chicago and St. Louis Public Schools. She has over fifteen years of experience supporting teachers, schools, and districts across the Chicago area to implement effective instructional practices. Her academic interests include teacher leadership, universal design for learning, and effective teacher preparation programming. Her current research focuses on shaping a positive mathematics identity for special educators and supporting their knowledge development for teaching mathematics. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago.