Leigh Scruggs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department:Educational Foundations and Leadership
Office:Benthack Hall 205L
Phone:402-375-7011
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Leigh Scruggs is an education professor at Wayne State College. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses focusing on special educational needs (SENs) in person and online. Scruggs is a returned Peace Corps response volunteer, having served 12 months as a university teacher/trainer instructing in-service and pre-service teachers on inclusive practices and methodology in Lutsk, Ukraine. Before moving to Eastern Europe, Scruggs was a special education teacher and services coordinator for 11 years working in PK-12 public schools in North Carolina and Florida.
Scruggs’ academic interests include social-emotional learning, educational policy development and implementation, and addressing the de-professionalization of teaching as a career. Her teacher education philosophy is “to prepare every teacher to teach every student."
Education
Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, Florida Atlantic University, 2018
M.A. Teaching / Special Education, Western Carolina University, 2009
M.S. Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2002
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1994