About Us : Faculty & Staff : Dr. Diane Wormsley - Bio
Diane P. Wormsley, Ph.D. is the Brenda Brodie Endowed Chair and Professor of Special Education in Visual Impairment at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). At NCCU she teaches in the Visual Impairment Training Program and is also responsible for developing an interstate consortium to promote preparation of teachers of the visually impaired. Prior to her current appointment she served as Co-Director of the National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment and Program Director of the Visual Impairment Teacher Preparation Program at Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She began her teaching career with visually impaired children at the New York State School for the Blind (NYSSB) in Batavia, New York, and also taught at Narbethong School for Visually Handicapped Children in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Her most memorable teaching experience was in a two-teacher international primary school in the highlands of Papua New Guinea where she was responsible for teaching reading to sighted children in kindergarten through 8th grade. Her passion for braille literacy formed at NYSSB and has continued to this day. She is co-author of Foundations of Braille Literacy, co-editor of Instructional Strategies for Braille Literacy, and most recently published Braille Literacy: A Functional Approach.