Dr. Knowles is a faculty member in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon and the Associate Director for the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). She has diverse experiences as an educator and researcher in educational, home, and community contexts. She has worked as a paraeducator or special education teacher in juvenile justice, life skills, self-contained behavior support, and fully inclusive contexts. Her research is committed to developing interventions and strategies that account for the realities of practice and can be embedded in classroom systems already in place.