Project TEDD Staff
Devender Banda, PhD, BCBA-D.

Position: Principal Investigator
Experience: Dr. Banda has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals with developmental
disabilities and their families. He has worked in school settings and has also provided
behavioral consultation services in educational and home settings.
Position at TTU: Dr. Banda is a professor of special education and teaches courses in applied behavior
analysis and special education. He is the Verified Course Sequence (VCS) Coordinator
for the TTU ABA program.
Phone: 806-834-4827
Email:devender.banda@ttu.edu
Stacy Carter, PhD, BCBA-D, NCSP, LSSP

Position: Co-Principal Investigator
Experience: Dr. Carter has more than 20 years of experience working with individuals with developmental
disabilities and their families. He has worked in developmental disabilities centers
and with community supported living agencies in several different states.
Position at TTU: Dr. Carter is a professor of special education and teaches courses in applied behavior
analysis and special education.
Phone: 806-834-3343
Email:stacy.carter@ttu.edu
Nora Griffin-Shirley, PhD, COMS

Position: Co-Principal Investigator
Experience: Dr. Griffin-Shirley has provided services to persons with IDD as an orientation and
mobility specialist for individuals who have a visual impairment. Additionally, she
was the guardian of an adult with IDD for many years until his death.
Position at TTU: Dr. Griffin-Shirley is the TTU's Director of the Virginia Murray Sowell Center for
Research and Education in Sensory Impairments, the Coordinator of Orientation and
Mobility Program and the TTU's Graduate School Certificate in Sensory Impairments
and Autism.
Phone: 806-834-0225
Email:n.griffin-shirley@ttu.edu
Project TEDD: Training Educators in Dual Diagnosis
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Address
Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities P.O. Box 41071 Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
806-742-2320 -
Email
projectTEDD.educ@ttu.edu