Karrie A. Shogren

Dr. Shogren joined the faculty in KU's Dept. of Special Education in 2013 and also serves as Director of the Center on Developmental Disabilities. She has held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the University of Texas at Austin. She is an internationally recognized expert in self-determination and building strengths-based systems of supports for people with disabilities. In addition to her academic position and role as Director of the Center on Developmental Disabilities, Dr. Shogren is a Senior Scientist at the Schiefelbusch Life Span Institute.

She is the developer of Causal Agency Theory and her research is used around the world to advance self-determination outcomes for people with disabilities. Dr. Shogren has led multiple grant-funded projects, including assessment validation and efficacy trials of self-determination interventions in school and community contexts. She has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals, is the author or co-author of 25 books, and is the lead author of the Self-Determination Inventory, a validated assessment of self-determination. Dr. Shogren is a Fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the American Psychological Association, and is the recipient of the 2022 Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award from the Council for Exceptional
Children’s Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities.

Learn more about Karrie Shogren on KU's Dept. of Special Education website.