SLIM Faculty

Dr. Mirah Dow

Mirah Dow earned a Bachelor of Science in Education, Masters of Library Science, and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Management from Emporia State University. Her Ph.D. coursework included cognate studies in the psychology of severe cognitive disabilities. Dr. Dow was a member of the 1993 USA-TODAY All-USA College Academic First Team. She is a licensed Kansas secondary education teacher with endorsements in psychology, special education and school library media. Funded by the Donald D. Hammill Foundation, Austin, TX, her dissertation research utilized case study methods to investigate elements of effective information systems devoted to providing positive behavior supports to individuals with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Before coming to SLIM, Dr. Dow was director of a statewide special information center, the Kansas Resource Center on Autism at The Teachers College, ESU, and assisted in teaching in the Department of Psychology and Special Education. She is currently Director of Student Services and School Library Media Programs at SLIM, and teaches in the areas of foundations of information transfer, diagnosis and customization of information, and information transfer and special populations. Her most recent research was a grounded theory study titled “Cognitive Consequences of Internet-based Teaching and Learning and Distance Education Students.”

E-mail address: mdow@emporia.edu