Bio

Dr. Jordan Lukins is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University. In this role, she teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on disability, inclusion, and instructional methods for both special education and general education teachers. Dr. Lukins also coordinates the undergraduate special education add-on licensure program.

Dr. Lukins is a former North Carolina special educator with teaching experience in separate, resource, and inclusive settings as well as district-level leadership with a specialization in autism. In her teaching and scholarship, Dr. Lukins prioritizes preparing general education teachers to lead inclusive classrooms and building special education teachers’ expertise in specially designed instruction and support. Her scholarly interests include disability studies in education, teachers’ inclusive dispositions, Universal Design for Learning, and neurodiversity-affirming practice. Dr. Lukins regularly collaborates with teachers, schools, and informal educational settings around issues of accessibility, neurodiversity, and inclusion. She also supports the development and dissemination of free online training resources for teachers as a Resource Developer with the IRIS Center.

Current Courses

• ELM 440: Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Elementary Classrooms
• ECI 571: Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities
• ECI 650: Internship in Curriculum and Instruction
• ECI 509: Special Problems in Curriculum and Instruction: Autism and Neurodiversity

Publications

• Transforming “Special Education 101”: Infusing Disability Studies in Education to Promote Teacher Candidates’ Inclusive Dispositions , Action in Teacher Education (2026)
• Access and Inclusion Go to the Zoo , Journal of Museum Education (2024)
• “Comfortability Comes From Seeing People Like You in Positions of Power”: Experiences of Special Education Teachers of Color , Remedial and Special Education (2024)
• Fostering Inclusive Dispositions: Integrating Disability Studies in Teacher Education , Journal of Special Education Preparation (2023)
• Learning From and With , Advances in higher education and professional development book series (2023)
• Specialization or Segregation? , Advances in educational technologies and instructional design book series (2023)
• Novice Teachers’ Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Autism Education: Examining the Roles of Preparation and Perception , Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (2022)
• Measuring Success fromSchool Stakeholders’ Perspectives , The SAGE Handbook of Autism and Education (2019)
• Social Validity and Teachers’ Use of Evidence-Based Practices for Autism , Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2019)