Texas Tech University

Project TEDD Staff

Devender Banda, PhD, BCBA-D.

Dr. Devender Banda, Ph.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

Dr. Stacy Carter, Ph.D.

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

Dr. Nora Griffin-Shirley, Ph.D.

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