Rachel Friedman Narr

Rachel Friedman Narr , Assistant Professor

Department of Special Education
Office: ED 2210
Phone: (818) 677-4007 V/TTY
Email: rachel.narr@csun.edu

Rachel Friedman Narr Rachel arrived at CSUN in Fall 2003. She received her Ph.D. in Special Education/Deaf Education in 1999 from the University of Arizona. Rachel provides a unique perspective to the department with a background in Speech-Language Pathology and Special Education.

Research interests include understanding the use of Visual Phonics with Deaf students who use ASL and general reading acquisition in young Deaf children.

Rachel has worked at The School for the Deaf in New York City (JHS 47) and Phoenix Day School for the Deaf. She also worked in the public schools in Columbus, OH. She has taught at The Ohio State University and Texas Women's University, University of Arizona, and Arizona State University. Rachel was a Program Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA before starting her faculty appointment at CSUN.

Current courses she is teaching include:

SPED 563: Audiology and Spoken English for Teachers of the DHH
SPED 400: Introduction to Special Education
SPED 561D/565: Reading and Writing with students who are DHH (co-taught with Ellen Schneiderman).
SPED 670: Reading Processes.
SPED 680D: Issues and Ethics in Deaf Education
SPED 506D; 580D; 628/629D: Supervision of fieldwork in DHH