Natsuko Takemae

Dr. Natsuko Takemae is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education and Interventions at Central Connecticut State University. She works with pre-service and in-service teachers as well as school professionals across PK-12 settings. In the public schools, she worked with students with and without identified disabilities in a secondary general education classroom. She also works with local, state, and international community agencies to strengthen school-community partnerships and building thriving educational communities with UDL, collaboration, and technology application. 

Dr. Takemae holds a PhD in Special Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with an emphasis in teacher preparations for UDL applications, thriving educational communities, and interdisciplinary collaboration and collegiality in special education and general education. She also holds an MEd and BS in Special Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as well as a BA in English from J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, Japan. 

Passions:

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Collaboration

Technology applications across educational settings

Thriving educational communities

Animal-assisted therapy