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Dianne Gut-Zippert holds a B.S. in Education from Cleveland State University and an M.Ed. in Special Education from Notre Dame College of Ohio. She received a Ph.D. in Special Education and Learning Disabilities from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Gut-Zippert teaches graduate and undergraduate Special Education and Curriculum and Instruction courses. Her major research interests include social and academic interventions for students with disabilities in low-resource schools, transition planning, mentoring for preservice and in-service teachers, and integrating 21st-century skills into the curriculum in the content areas.
Most Recent Publications:
Alquraini, T., & Gut, D. (2012). Critical components of successful inclusion of students with severe disabilities: Literature review. International Journal of Special Education, 27(1), 42-59.
Wan, G., & Gut, D. M. (2011). Roles of media and media literacy education: Lives of Chinese and American adolescents. Iberoamerican Communication Review. [Updated and Spanish translation.] Available online from
Gut, D. M. (2011). Integrating 21st-century skills into the curriculum. In G. Wan, & D. M. Gut (Eds.), Bringing schools into the 21st century (pp. 137-158). New York: Springer Verlag.
Wan, G., & Gut, D. M. (Eds.). (2011). Bringing schools into the 21st century. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Gut, D. M. (2009). Why and how? Responding to the call to infuse 21st-century skills into the social studies curriculum. Ohio Social Studies Review, 45(1), 7-14.
Wan, G., & Gut, D. M. (2008). Media use by Chinese and U.S. secondary students: Implications for media literacy education. Theory Into Practice, 47(3), 178-185.
Wan, G., & Gut, D. M. (2008). Roles of media and media literacy education: Lives of Chinese and American adolescents. New Horizons of Education, 56(2), 28-42.
Gut, D. M., Farmer, T. W., Bishop, J. L., Hives, J., Aaron, A., & Hunter, F. (2004). The school engagement project: Academic engagement enhancement. Preventing School Failure, 48(2), 4-9.
Gut, D. M., Oswald, K. M., Leal, D. J., Frederiksen, L., & Gustafson, J. M. (2003). Collaboration in teacher preparation: A general-special education collaborative partnership. College Student Journal, 37(1), 111-127.
Gut, D. M., & Safran, S. P. (2002). Cooperative learning and social stories: Effective social skills strategies for reading teachers. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 18(1), 1-5.
Cadwallader, T. W., Farmer, T. W., Cairns, B. D., Leung, M., Clemmer, J. T., Gut, D. M., & Reese, L. (2002). The social relations of rural African American early adolescents and proximal impact of the school engagement project. Journal of School Psychology, 40(3), 239-258.