Contact Information

School of Graduate and Extended Studies
Utica, NY 13502
Utica College
1600 Burrstone Road

(315) 792-3001
(315) 792-3002 (Fax)

Graduate Education Faculty

 

Patrice W. Hallock, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor of Education



Phone: (315) 792-3162
Office: 131 Library Concourse


Biography


Dr. Patrice Hallock, Assistant Professor of Education, studied social studies secondary education at State University College, Oneonta, NY, and at Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH. Dr. Hallock studied early childhood special education at the University of Tennessee and at the University of New Hampshire, where she obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. She teaches inclusive strategies, childhood special education methods, and early intervention classes in the Education Program and for Psych-Child Life.
Dr. Hallock has extensive experience working with families who have very young children with special needs and whose lives are impacted by factors associated with poverty. She is an educational anthropologist whose research interests include poverty and disability, inclusive educational practices, family advocacy, and infant mental health. She has published in Zero to Three and has authored a book, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, to be released in 2009, based on research with families in Early Head Start. She has presented to professional early childhood audiences nationally, statewide, and locally.