George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5316 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-624-7247
EMAIL: gjz@pitt.edu

• Overview
• Publications
• Presentations
• Professional Participation
• Consulting
• Grants and Research
• Services
• Curriculum Vita

Full Time Faculty - Associate Professor/Department Chairperson

School Affiliations

• Department: Instruction and Learning
• Program: General Special Education
• Program: Vision Studies

Education

• Ph.D., Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, 1987
• M.A., Orientation and Mobility, Western Michigan University, 8/1/1976
• B.S., Elementary Education/Special Education for the Visually Impaired, Kutztown University, 1973

Recent Course Instruction

Fall 2008 (2091)

• IL 2598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 3591 - SUPRVSD RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUC
• IL 3598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 3599 - DOCTRL DISSER RES - SPECIAL ED

Summer 2008 (2087)

• IL 2530 - INTRODUCTION TO THE EYE AND LOW VISION
• IL 2541 - PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY
• IL 2598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 2857 - LEVEL 3 INTERNSHIP PRACTICUM - ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY
• IL 3591 - SUPRVSD RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUC
• IL 3598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 3599 - DOCTRL DISSER RES - SPECIAL ED

Spring 2008 (2084)

• IL 2598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 2857 - LEVEL 3 INTERNSHIP PRACTICUM - ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY
• IL 3515 - ADV SEMINAR: VISION STUDIES
• IL 3591 - SUPRVSD RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUC
• IL 3598 - DIRECTED STUDY IN SP ED
• IL 3599 - DOCTRL DISSER RES - SPECIAL ED

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Current Professional Participation

• Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Penn-Del Chapter (AER PA-DE)
  • Member, Conference Planning Committee
  • Member, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present, AERBVI, Penn-Del Chapter
• National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment (NCLVI)
  • Co-Chair, Higher Education Committee, 2006 – Present National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment

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Recent Consulting

• Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP)
  • Member, University Ad-hoc Committee

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