Teaching Research Institute

All EEC staff holds credentials at the state and/or national level. Staff includes a clinical psychologist, a speech pathologist, school psychologists, handicapped learner specialists, vocational specialists and a multicultural specialist.

Ken Kosko, M.S., School Psychologist, NCSP

• Associate Professor
• Director of the Education Evaluation Center
• Certification in School Psychology, Education, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Handicapped Learner, Reading
• 37 years experience

Marlene Richards, M.S., Speech and Language Pathologist, CCC-SLP

• Assistant Director, Intake Coordinator - Education Evaluation Center
• Certification in Speech and Language Pathology, Elementary Education
• 22 years experience in assessment, teaching and consultation

Robert R. Ayres, Ph. D., School Psychologist, NCSP

• Research Professor, Teaching Research Institute
• Certification in School Psychology
• 30 years experience

Julie Bulen, M.S., Learning Disability Specialist/Vocational Specialist

• Instructor, Teaching Research Institute
• Certification in Education and Handicapped Learner
• 29 years experience in LD assessment, teaching and vocational program development

Patricia Kelley, M.S., Learning Disabilities Specialist/Vocational Specialist

• Assistant Fellow, Teaching Research Institute
• Certification in Handicapped Learner, Hearing Impairment, Elementary Education, Reading
• 29 years experience in assessment, teaching and vocational programming

I enjoy the diversity of children and adults we work with at the EEC as well as my co-workers who are a top notch group of people, both professionally and personally.

Martha Villegas-Gutierrez, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

• Multicultural Assessment Specialist
• 8 years experience in professional psychology
• 3 years as a bilingual and regular education teacher
• 3 years teaching intermediate Spanish at the university level

Working as a licensed psychologist for the Teaching Research Institute, Education Evaluation Center allows me the opportunity to contribute to Oregon students' and families' academic, intellectual and socio-emotional well-being. It is also an honor to serve the bilingual/bicultural needs of Oregon's Latino/a population.

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