Dr. Chad Rose is the recipient of the CEC Division for Research 2019 Distinguished Early Career Research Award. He received his doctorate in 2010 in special education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is currently an Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of Missouri. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in basic and/or applied research in special education within the first 10 years after receiving the doctoral degree.
Dr. Rose is one of, if not the, most promising young scholars in the area of bullying among students with disabilities. His work is theoretically based and gaining considerable recognition in the United States and internationally. He has published extensively in top tier journals, such as the Journal of Learning Disabilities, Exceptional Children, and Remedial and Special Education. He has also published multiple book chapters, and makes numerous presentations yearly at national conferences. Additionally, he has been able to secure a highly competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Rose’s scholarly accomplishments are particularly impressive in light of the service he provides to the fields of special and general education. He has been involved with national task forces and received numerous awards such as the Alberti Center Early Career Award for distinguished scholarly contributions to bully abuse and prevention.