Stephen worked as a teacher in New York before earning a doctoral degree in Special Education with an emphasis on learning disabilities, behavior disorders, and reading from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked as a researcher on several grants and intervention studies. Stephen has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters pertaining evidence-based practices for students with reading difficulties and learning disabilities. Stephen is also a Fellow in the Reading Institute at the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. Stephen teaches courses that emphasize reading instruction and inclusion for students with disabilities. His current research focuses on investigating instructional practices that enchance content learning and reading in students with high-incidence disabilities in grades 4-8.