Cynthia Frye

Cynthia Frye, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Education

Office: ASI 280

Dr. Frye started at Lourdes as an assistant professor in 2023. Before teaching at Lourdes, she taught in higher education as a graduate assistant and adjunct for ten years. Dr. Frye’s research topics are twice exceptionality and improving pre-service education.

Frye, C. (2024). Supporting Students with Dyslexia. State of Ohio [In press].

Frye, C.L. (2024). High Leverage Practices and Twice- Exceptionality. 2024 Summer Conference. [Poster] Columbus, Ohio.

Frye, C.L. (2023). Twice Exceptionality, EBD and Inclusion. Honoring Self in EBD: Empowering Educators, Empowering Students. Columbus, Ohio.

Frye, C.L. (2022). Twice Exceptional and EBD. Take a Breath Series: January. Ohio Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders.

Devlin, P., Frye, C., & Kelley, P. (2014, November) An Ohio Postsecondary Option for Students with ID: Toledo
Transition (T2).
The 18th Annual Division on Career Development and Transition International Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.

Welsch, R.G., Cancio, E. J., & Frye, C. (2012, September) Teacher Performance Assessment and Ohio’s Next Generation of Intervention Specialists. The Sixth Annual Special Education Leadership Conference, Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH.

A Celebration of Kwanzaa Park: Participatory Action Research. Presented at the Padua Center, Toledo, Ohio, December 14, 2011. With E. Algee, D. Bryant-Bey, W. Chen, R. Collier, C. Frye, E. Hutzelman, L. Hamer, J. James, H. Jiang, F.Lucienne, K.Plasman, O. Shaheer, W. Muhammad, R. Rotshtein, A. Sandrock, S. Sheth, J. Singer, D. Snyder, L. White, and K. Yamazaki.

Frye, C. (2007) Homework Headaches. Exceptional Parent Magazine.

Honors Committee. 2023

Professional Committees
Peer Reviewer. The Journal of Educational Research. 2022 to present.
Secretary. Ohio Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. 2013 to present.
Peer Reviewer. Council for Exceptional Children. National Conference 2024.

Professional Affiliations
Ohio Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
Council for Exceptional Children
Ohio’s Deans Compact – Community of Practice
National Association of Gifted Children
National Association of Special Education Teachers

Community
Treasurer. Lucas County Guardianship Services Board. 2020 to present.
Consultant. Olivet Lutheran Church Sylvania Ohio Global Team. Summer of 2023.
Board of Directors. Autism MODEL School. 2014-2019
YMCA-Storer Camps. Annual Campaign Vice Chair. 2017

Undergraduate
EIS 203 Positive Behavioral Interventions for Individuals with Exceptionalities
EDU 230 Survey of Special Needs Education
EDU 329 Differentiated Instruction and Assessment
EDE 307 Special Needs Assessment and Instructional Adaptations
EIS 402 Adapting Curriculum and Instruction in Special Education

Graduate
EDU 690 Student Teaching
EDU 678 Foundations of Education of Individuals with Exceptionalities
EDU 680 Positive Behavioral Interventions for Individuals with Exceptionalities