Staci Zolkoski

Staci Zolkoski

Staci M. Zolkoski, PhD, is an associate professor of special education at the University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler). She earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the University of Toledo in Ohio. She earned her master’s degree and PhD from the University of North Texas in special education with an emphasis in behavior disorders. Prior to working at the collegiate level, Dr. Zolkoski taught kindergarten and fourth grade. She teaches classroom management at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as courses in special education, behavior disorders, and educational strategies. She has won Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society Teacher of the Year for the School of Education at UT Tyler two times and received the Teacher of the Year award for the Department of Education and Psychology at UT Tyler. Dr. Zolkoski is a member of Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and is an active member of the Division of Emotional and Behavioral Health (DEBH), where she serves on the publications and professional development committees. She serves as the treasurer of the DEBH Foundation and is the editor of the DEBH newsletter, Behavior Today. Dr. Zolkoski has presented and published her research in resilience and social emotional learning at the national and international levels. She has worked with local school districts in implementing social emotional learning and has done trainings supporting teachers and schools in social emotional learning and classroom management. Dr. Zolkoski has also presented for ElevateTXed, which is a collaborative effort across the University of Texas system.