Raschelle Neild is an associate professor of Special Education in Deaf Education in the Department of Special education at Ball State University Raschelle Neild's primary area of research interest includes deaf learners with Autism and multiple disabilities and special education teacher retention and attrition. She received a Fulbright Award in 2015 to develop a deaf education program at St. Patrick's College in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Neild graduated with her master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Patrick Graham is currently an Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology and a Department Chair in Secondary Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. He received his Master of Science degree in Secondary Education.