Gloria Lodato Wilson, PhD, is professor of special education and director of the graduate programs in secondary special education at Hofstra University. She collaborates with school districts to enhance their programs for students with special needs and English language learners by providing services to evaluate special education programs; giving workshops on effective teaching, progress monitoring, IEP development, and Universal Design for Learning; and serving as a learning coach for co-teachers.

Wilson, a former resource room and special education content teacher, taught children with multiple disabilities to swim, created and ran a pre-school language clinic, taught students with autism in state and private schools, and created innovative programs for students with multiple disabilities in public schools. She received a National Teacher of the Year Award for her work in video therapy with students with special needs from both NBC and the Carnegie Institute. Her research interest is in the areas of teaching and learning strategies and effective co-teaching.