June Canty directs College of Education programs at WSU Vancouver and teaches in the preservice and inservice teacher education programs.
Research interests
Dr. Canty’s areas of research include general and special education in rural education, teacher preparation/induction, and legal ramifications of admissions and dismissals from professional programs. Her current project is a review the changes that have taken place in the past ten years and the resulting policy implications for rural special education for the western region of the U.S.
Teaching/professional interests
Dr. Canty teaches in the preservice and inservice teacher education programs. She has taught music, history, social studies, and special education in K-12 classrooms, and has been in teacher education since 1982. She serves as a higher education representative on the Washington State Professional Educators Standards Board and on the PESB Executive committee.
Recent accomplishments
- Board of Directors Member, American Council on Rural Special Education
- Chair, Special Study Group on Admissions and Retention in Teacher Education, AACTE
- Editorial Board Member, Rural Special Education Quarterly
- Evaluator, Northwest Commission on Colleges
- Gubernatorial appointee to the Washington State Professional Educators Standards Board
Manuscript reviewer, Teachers College Record
Educational Background
- Ed. D. University of Washington, Higher Education, 1983
- M. Ed. Wayne State University, History and Philosophy of Education and Elementary Education, 1978
- B.S. M. Ed. Oakland University, Music Education and Social Sciences, 1975
