Rate My Professor Kristina Randall

Dr. Kristina N. Randall is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Human Development at Clemson University, serving since 2022 with the ClemsonLIFE program, a postsecondary education initiative for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She earned her Ph.D. in Special Education from Clemson University in 2020, an M.Ed. in Special Education from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2008, and a B.A. in History and Elementary Education from Grand Valley State University in 2000. Previously, she held the position of Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of South Carolina Upstate from 2020 to 2022. Earlier roles include Research Assistant with ClemsonLIFE at Clemson University from 2017 to 2020, Graduate Assistant in the College of Education at Clemson from 2016 to 2017, K-4 Resource Teacher at Liberty Elementary School from 2015 to 2017, and 4th grade general education and inclusion teacher at Centreville Elementary from 2000 to 2013.

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.