Dr. Rodrigues is an assistant professor in the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Missouri. She is the Director of the Mathematics Potential Lab. She is the Principal Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants—one of which is an NSF CAREER award. 

Lindsey is a 3rd year doctoral student studying Special Education – Behavior Disorders. She is originally from Columbia and received her undergraduate degree from Mizzou. Before returning to continue her education, she worked as a high school special education teacher. Her research focuses on social skills instruction in the secondary setting. 

Shannon is a Special Education Ph.D. student at Mizzou with over 25 years of experience in Speech Language Pathology (SLP) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She established Autism Outfitters, LLC in 2017 to provide consultation, training, and advocacy for ASD. She is also currently teaching two courses in Special Education at Mizzou. She is interested in researching ways to build communities of support for autistic individuals and Universal Design for Learning.

​Emily is originally from Indiana and received her Bachelor of Science and minor in Biology at Indiana University. She received her Master of Education in School Psychology from the University of Missouri in May 2022. Currently, she is a doctoral student within Special Education in the College of Education & Human Development. She is interested in exploring and developing evidence-based mathematics interventions for students with or who are at risk for mathematics difficulties.

Erin is a junior from Arlington Heights, Illinois in Mizzou's Special Education program. She has had previous experiences working with individuals with disabilities and came to Mizzou to become more involved in its community! She is interested in researching the academic performance of students with disabilities and their self-efficacy in multiple domains, specifically STEM. After graduating, she hopes to become a high school Special Education teacher.

Julia is a third-year undergraduate student from Chicago. She is studying Special Education in the College of Education & Human Development. She is interested in researching ways to empower learners with disabilities and in the power of role models with disabilities for students with disabilities. After graduation, she plans on becoming an elementary Special Education teacher.