Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Special Education
Quantitative Research Methods
University of Oregon, 2021
Master's Degree
MED in Educational Psychology
Baylor University, 2016
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Childhood Education/Special Education
College of Saint Rose, 2009
Featured grants
- Raulston, Tracy Jane (Principal), Davenport, Katy Elaine (Co-Principal), Brafford, Tasia Lorissa (Supporting). CARES Applied Behavior Analysis Educator Training Program, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Institutional (Higher Ed), $191000. (Funded: September 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Randolph, K. M., Billingsley, G. M., Riden, B. S., Brafford, T. L., & Hott, B. L. (2025). Supporting Students in Unstructured Settings Using Universal Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. TEACHING Exceptional Children. https://doi.org/10.1177/00400599251347228
- Brafford, T. L., Powell, S. R., McCroskey, C., & Hughes, E. M. (2026). Relations of mathematics vocabulary and academic skill performance at grades 6 and 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1871362
- Brafford, T. L., Doabler, C. T., Gersib, J. A., Lussier, C., Clarke, B., Turtura, J., … Kosty, D. (2026). Purposeful practice opportunities: How guided and independent practice informs number sense development. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice. https://doi.org/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09388982261448180
- Gersib, J., Doabler, C. T., Fall, A.-M., Longhi, M., Uy, J., Lovette, G., … Therrien, Wi. (2026). The impact of instructional guidance on science learning in second grade classrooms. https://doi.org/https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740636
- Park, S., Kunkel, A., Stecker, P., & Brafford, T. L. (2026). Preservice teachers’ knowledge and perceptions of data-based decision making and instruction in mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1080/01626620.2026.2642766
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: John Wills Lloyd Outstanding Research Award Winner, Division for Learning Disabilities, Council for Exceptional Children. January 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: TED Kaleidoscope Student Research Poster Award for Quantitative Research Recipient, Teacher Education Division of Council for Exceptional Children. November 2018
Featured service activities
- Reviewer / Referee
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
- Reviewer / Referee
The Elementary School Journal
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Special Education Technology
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Reviewer / Referee
National Science Foundation
- Reviewer / Referee
National Science Foundation ECR Grant Competition