Rate My Professor Kristina Randall

Randall's research focuses on enhancing post-school outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through assistive technology and instructional strategies that promote independence, competitive employment, self-determination, and quality of life. Her investigations address health disparities, menstrual education, evacuation preparedness, and the effects of postsecondary programs. She has obtained grants including an NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Community Engaged Scholars Program award in 2021 and a Health Sciences Center Research Seed Grant with Prisma Health. Notable awards include the 2020 Research Article of the Year from the Journal of Special Education Technology for her article on iPhone task analysis applications, the 2020 Doctoral Student Scholar from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division of Research, and the 2019 Clemson University College of Education Doctoral Research Fellowship. Key publications comprise 'Employment, Assistive Technology, and Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Qualitative Study' (accepted 2024, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities), 'Menstrual Education Programs for Girls and Young Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review' (2024), 'Evacuation preparedness and intellectual disability: Insights from a university fire drill' (2024, Journal of Building Engineering), 'Self-determination and why it matters' (2024, Re-Thinking Behavior), and 'A self-monitoring intervention to improve the self-determination of individuals with intellectual and developmental disability in a postsecondary educational program' (2022, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities). Randall has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and presented at over 50 conferences.